Enabling Remote Desktop on Server 2008 R2

Enabling Remote Desktop on Server 2008 R2

I setup a new virtual server in VMware 6.0 yesterday. Of course, I was logging into the console. Then, I remembered, if I wanted remote desktop to work, I needed to explicitly enable it.

  1. Run Control Panel | System
  2. Click the “Remote Settings” link on left
  3. Select the “Remote” tab
  4. Check “Allow connections from computers… any version…” checkbox
  5. Press the OK button

You might wonder why I don’t use the “Allow connections from computers… Network Level Authentication…” checkbox. The problem is that this checkbox is compatible with only a subset of the remote desktop versions. You can find more information here: technet.microsoft.com/…