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During COVID, a lot of office workers work remotely from home. Many Windows users have asked for
access to the remote desktop for team collaboration, and there are many use-case scenarios where it
can be helpful.

Microsoft provides flexible Windows 11 Remote access to use, and in this guide we will show you how to
use Windows 11 Remote Desktop Access.

Before we proceed, it is important to know what Remote Desktop is.

It was first introduced back in Windows XP, released in 2011, and it brings a lot of key functionality to
Windows users. With time, the Windows Remote becomes more refined, stable, and better with a
bunch of effective tools.

The Industry and IT professionals love to use the Windows Remote Desktop, so without further ado, let’s
check this out.

The benefits of using Remote Dekstop

It helps teams and allows them to continue their work with a flexible network. It also replaced the
legacy Remote Desktop connection feature with a built-in Remote Desktop Connection.

Microsoft has been working to improve the functionality through various things. It is straightforward,
but it depends upon the device that you have connected.

How to Enable and Use Remote Desktop

Here are the following instructions through which you can use the Remote Desktop app.
Before proceeding, you should know that it only works with the Pro edition and Business Edition; it
doesn’t work with the Home Edition. Let’s begin by enabling Remote Desktop.

  1. Enable it from the System Settings menu.
  2. Right-click on the Start button, and it will open the Context Menu. From there, select Settings.
  3. Otherwise, you can use the Windows + I shortcut key to open Windows 11 Settings.
  4. Open System, and then head over to Remote Desktop to appear on the right-side panel of the
    screen.

From there, enable the remote desktop. To enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11, toggle the switch.

  1. Click on Confirm to continue with your action.
  2. Once your Remote Desktop is ready, you can proceed.

There are more ways to proceed with this, which you can try. Hence, these are the existing and best
ways to enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11. You can also use the following method to enable
Windows 11 Remote Desktop.

  1. Enable from the Control Panel
  2. Open the Control Panel as a result.
  3. Next, go to System and Security and then click on Allow Remote Access, which appears under
    the System Section.
  4. Then, choose the Remote tab that appears under the System Properties window.
  5. From there, grant the permission by checking the boxes “Allow Remote Assistance connection
    to this computer” and “Allow remote connection to this computer.”
  6. That’s it. Click on to confirm your action.
  7. Enable CMD (Command Prompt)
  8. Search for CMD in Windows Search and open it with Admistratio.
  9. After that, type reg add “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlTerminal
    Server”/v f REG_DWORD/d 0/f DenyTSConnections
  10. Enter, and then type netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”remote desktop” new
    enable=Yes
  11. That’s it!

Enable from PowerShell.

  1. As an example, launch Powersheel from the Windows Search.
  2. Next, enter the Set-ItemProperty-Path ‘HKLM:SystemCurrentControlSetControlTerminal Server’-
    name “fDenyTSConnections”-value 0
  3. After that, Enable-NetFirewallRule-DisplayGroup “Remote Desktop”
  4. That’s it!

These are the complete instructions for enabling Remote Desktop on Windows 11. Meanwhile, you can
now use the computer to access your computer remotely. Not to mention, you require network-level
authentication to use this functionality.

On the other hand, you can use this functionality with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7,
respectively. By enabling the settings, you can do such things.

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