The advantage to using the latter is that it works very well over the Internet, you don't need to set up a VPN or open unwanted firewall ports, deal with NAT and/or portforwarding, etc, that is generally necessary to access a computer over traditional RDP outside of the local network. Remote assistance requests can also be made via Chrome Remote Desktop. The connection is authenticated by Google (though you may still have to authenticate via Windows once you've made the connection). It's more of a remote console than traditional MS RDP, and requires that the remote end already be setup to be shared using your Google account. Essentially it is designed to work the same as using the Remote Desktop application within Windows.Ĭhrome Remote Desktop is generally more useful for to connecting to your remote systems over the Internet. It uses the built-in MS protocols to make the connection and authenticate you. We have successfully enabled the remote desktop feature using the Chrome browser extension, which is useful in many situations.To add to what /u/bicyclemon already said, RDP generally is more useful for systems on your own LAN. Hurry! you will be accessing your remote machine,.It will try to connect to the remote machine,.Under “Remote devices,” click on the machine name for e.g.Steps to take remote from other machines, Setup is completed and the below screen will be shown,.

Under “Set up Remote Access,” click Download,.Open Chrome browser and enter /access.Steps to set up remote access on the host computer, You should be logged-in to your Chrome browser with your Google account.

Now Google has launched a feature to enable a remote desktop using a Chrome browser which makes it fairly easy to set up and leverage the advantage of remote desktop from anywhere. We all know to gain access to a machine requires a remote desktop feature enabled on Windows. Sometimes we need to access a machine from another location on a public network/over the internet.

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