Remote Desktop Connection
This feature is included in the following editions of Windows Vista:
The Remote Desktop Connection feature in Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, and Enterprise editions enables easier remote access to any resource or application that your organization has made available to you.
For example, if you are a salesperson who requires remote access to a financial application or a CRM application, Windows Vista enables the corporate IT manager to place an icon for that application on your desktop. You just click the icon, and an automatic Terminal Services Remote Program connection is made back to the company over the Internet and to the Terminal Server in Windows Server 2008 with no need for a VPN.
Setting up a remote connection is simple to do.
Your organization's personal computers can be preconfigured to provide direct access to applications and data that you and other employees need while working remotely, but what if you need to access the corporate network through your home PC?
Terminal Services Gateway in Windows Server 2008 provides additional features for home computers that are used to access corporate networks. If you log on to your home PC, you can access the corporate website over the Internet and click the links that take you straight to the corporate resource you want to use.