Reference > Connections > Remote Desktop

The Remote Desktop connection can be used to connect to remote computers or Hyper-V guests using the remote desktop protocol (RDP) which is built into Windows.

Dashboard

The Remote Desktop Dashboard is shown in the Dashboard panel when you select a Remote Desktop connection in the Navigation panel. Depending on the Hyper-V configuration of your connection you will either see the Hyper-V dashboard pane, the Sessions dashboard pane, or both.

Dashboard_RemoteDesktop

Hyper-V Features

List of all hosted Hyper-V guests (or instances) and their state.

Grid search and customization, including sort, filter and group.

Start, Pause, Save State and Shut Down Hyper-V guests directly from the Dashboard.
Add a new Remote Desktop connection based on the original settings combined with the guest properties.
Royal TS assumes the guest name as the host name for the new connection.
Add a new Hyper-V Instance connection based on the selected guest.
Royal TS creates a new Remote Desktop connection configured to connect directly to the Hyper-V guest.
Connect (Ad Hoc) allows you to connect directly to the selected Hyper-V guest.

Note

The Hyper-V dashboard pane relies on WMI. Ensure that all the necessary firewall ports for WMI are open and that the user account running Royal TS (beware of UAC) or the credentials set in the Remote Desktop connection have local administrative rights on the remote Hyper-V host computer.

Sessions Features

List of all terminal services sessions and their state.
Grid search and customization, including sort, filter and group.
Send a message to appear on the desktop of the selected remote session(s).
Reset a selected remote session (similar to a forced log off).
Restart the remote server.

Note

The Sessions dashboard pane relies on RPC communication. Ensure that all the necessary firewall ports for RPC communication are open and that the user account running Royal TS (beware of UAC) have local administrative rights on the remote computer.

Royal Server Support

The dashboard data can also be gathered using a Royal Server. For more information about Royal Server, click here.

Dashboard Settings

To configure the application default settings for the included dashboard, open the Plugins Management and click on Dashboard for the Remote Desktop plugin.

To configure individual dashboard settings for a connection, use the Dashboard property page.

Plugin Settings

To configure the Remote Desktop plugin settings, open the Plugins Management and click on Settings for the Remote Desktop plugin:

Client Version:

Specify which RDP client version should be used. If Automatic (Default) is selected, the latest version available will be used.

Disable Click Detection:

If checked, Royal TS will not be able to detect clicks inside a remote session. This should only be used for troubleshooting.

Close tab when user logs off, reboots or disconnects:

If checked, Royal TS will also close tabs when a log off, reboot or disconnect from within the session is initiated.

This setting is only effective when Keep tabs open when disconnected remotely in the User Interface option is checked.

Connection Properties

The Remote Desktop Properties dialog is shown:

for a new Remote Desktop connection by clicking the Remote Desktop menu item in the Add drop down menu in the Edit group on the Home ribbon tab.
for an existing Remote Desktop connection by selecting a Remote Desktop connection and clicking on the Properties command in the Edit group on the Home ribbon tab.
as a bulk-edit dialog when multiple Remote Desktop connections were selected in the Folder / Document Dashboard and the Properties command in the Edit group on the Home ribbon tab is clicked. See also: Bulk Operations

Remote Desktop (based on Microsoft RDP ActiveX)