Use Remote Desktop on your Windows, Android, or iOS device to connect to a Windows PC from afar. Here's how to set up your PC to allow remote connections and then connect to the PC you set up.

The Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 8.0 update lets you use the new Remote Desktop Services features that were introduced in Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. These features are now available for computers that are running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

This article describes an update for the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 8.1 in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. This update package provides the following improvements: Fixes connection reliability issues. Provides better error messages for connection failures.

This update provides support for Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.1 and TLS 1.2 in Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 for Remote Desktop Services (RDS).

Assume that you want to establish a remote connection from a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2. You open a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) tool to connect to a remote desktop server, and you provide your credentials when prompted.

Provides a Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 update to support restricted administration on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

This article describes an update for the RemoteApp and Desktop Connections features in Windows 7. This update provides support for certain Windows Server 2012 R2 functionality in Windows 7.

You try to establish a Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) connection to a terminal server on this computer. The RDP connection is configured to use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) authentication and Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP). In this scenario, the RDP connection fails.

This article describes the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 8.1 client update that lets you use the new Remote Desktop Services features. These features were introduced in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, and they are now available for computers that are running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

You connect to the RemoteApp applications from a Windows 7 SP1-based or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based client computer by using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 8.0.