About Remote Desktop Web Connection
Remote Desktop Web Connection is a Web application that consists of an ActiveX control, sample ASP pages, and other files. When deployed on a Web server, Remote Desktop Web Connection allows users to create a connection with the remote desktop of another computer inside Internet Explorer, even if the Remote Desktop Connection program, formerly known as the Terminal Server client, is not installed on the user's computer.
Remote Desktop Web Connection offers the following:
| • | Simple, straightforward deployment of the client portion of Terminal Server or Remote Desktop applications. With Remote Desktop Web Connection, deploying a terminal server connection can be as easy as sending a URL. |
| • | Support for roaming users. Users who are away from their computers can use Remote Desktop Web Connection to gain secure access to their primary workstation or favorite terminal server from any computer running Windows and Internet Explorer. |
| • | A lowest common denominator cross-platform system. Remote Desktop Web Connection may meet the needs of organizations that want identical clients on all platforms. |
| • | Delivery of extranet applications. Corporations that want to deploy terminal server or Remote Desktop connections to vendors, suppliers, or customers can use Remote Desktop Web Connection to distribute them easily, inexpensively, and efficiently over the Internet. |
For information on using Remote Desktop Web Connection from the client computer, see To connect to another computer using Remote Desktop Web Connection
