Many organizations that use Remote Desktop Services or Terminal Services are not using a VPN connection before allowing connections to their in-house servers or workstations. If no VPN is required, ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Microsoft says a known issue is causing Remote Desktop freezes on Windows Server 2025 systems after installing security updates released since the February 2025 Patch Tuesday. "After installing the ...

Pretty long post sorry, but not easily explained. I was told that this forum is the best place to ask this question. I'm looking for confirmation and advice on any gotcha's / issues I'll face. I'm a ...

If you receive the error message “To sign in remotely, you need the right to sign in through Remote Desktop Services” when trying to connect from Windows Remote ...

Microsoft finally provided some details on the situation of the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 10. Many of the tools included in RSAT for Windows 10 version 1.2 "will not work" ...

See my story “ Windows 10’s Remote Desktop options explained ” for more details about Remote Desktop and Remote Desktop Connection and how to use them. In this story I’ll focus on what you can do when ...

Make sure you've made all the proper settings to secure RDP to best protect your Windows network when supporting remote workers. All employees are logging in from home. Your connections are holding up ...

A lot of environment allows users of the organization to ping a server without any credentials but in order to connect to it, they have to enter the credentials. So, if you are able to ping a remote ...

If you receive an error, it may be caused by temporary resource strain, user logon storms or session limits -- often resolvable by waiting, but sometimes requiring deeper server diagnostics. This ...