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Create Remote Desktop shortcut

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Introduction:
This article explains how to create a remote desktop shortcut on your desktop.

 

Prerequisites:

Before we begin you will need;

  • Your remote PC’s IP Address
  • Your remote PC Username
  • Your remote PC Password

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You will need to be connected to your VPN if you are setting up Remote Desktop over the internet.

 

 

 

Type Remote Desktop Connection in the search bar and click on the Remote Desktop Connection App.

 

 

 

 

Optional – but recommended. Click Local Resources and Tick Printers and Clipboard. This will allow to print to your local printer from your remote PC, also copy and paste to and from each.

 

 

 

 

Click the General tab. In the Computer box type in the IP address of your remote computer.

Type in your Username in the User name box.

Then click Save As…

Usernames sometimes may require prefixes, this will let the remote connection know which instance you are trying to connect to. Example “VDU111\Bob” or “SERVER\Bob”. If the device is connected to Azure you will need the prefix AzureAD followed by your email address example “AzureAD\support@pro-cloud.co.uk”. 

 

 

 

If you do not what to create a shortcut for future access just click Connect and skip the next few steps.

 

 

 

 

 

Select your Desktop (or other preferred location), type in a name for your connection (example MyOfficePC), then click Save.

 

 

 

 

 

You will now have a Remote Desktop shortcut on your desktop.

To connect double click your Remote Desktop Icon, type in your remote PC’s password and click OK.

 

 

 

 

 

You will likely get a certificate error while connecting for the first time.

 

Tick Don’t ask me again for connections to this computer and click Yes.

 

 

This is only to verify its identity on the internet. Technically you are not using the internet directly to connect to it, you are using a VPN, a secure tunnel between your device and your remote network.

 

If you are connecting to a remote computer that is Azure joined you will need to make some alterations to the Remote Desktop Connection file, please follow this link for a guide Remote Desktop To Azure Joined Device.

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