{"id":1166,"date":"2024-05-03T00:11:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T00:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/?p=1166"},"modified":"2024-05-03T00:20:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T00:20:20","slug":"how-to-connect-to-windows-server-with-rdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/how-to-connect-to-windows-server-with-rdp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect to Windows Server with RDP"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1166\" class=\"elementor elementor-1166\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a75740 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a75740\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11293ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"11293ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>RDP, which stands for Remote Desktop Protocol, is a protocol used by Windows Server that enables remote desktop connections. You can administer and manage your Windows Server with RDP. There are 3 things needed to login into your server using RDP.<\/p><ul><li>IP address of the server<\/li><li>Username for RDP access<\/li><li>Password for RDP access<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>How to Use RDP to Login to the Windows <\/strong><\/p><ol><li>On the <strong>Start<\/strong> menu, search for \u201c<strong>Remote Desktop Connection<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1ba6b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e1ba6b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture1-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1168\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture1-2.png 936w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture1-2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture1-2-768x573.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a48da24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a48da24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"2\"><li>Click <strong>Open<\/strong> to launch the Remote Desktop Connection.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebe6059 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ebe6059\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture2-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1169\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture2-2.png 662w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture2-2-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6c227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea6c227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"3\"><li>A Remote Desktop Connection dialogue box will open. Click the <strong>Show Options<\/strong> to expand the options.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b92cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47b92cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture3-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1170\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture3-2.png 618w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture3-2-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b38f3ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b38f3ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"4\"><li>Enter the <strong>IP address<\/strong> on the Computer field and the user on the <strong>User name<\/strong> field and then click <strong>Connect<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e86cc2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e86cc2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"618\" height=\"642\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture4-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1171\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture4-2.png 618w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture4-2-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a36ddad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a36ddad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"5\"><li>You&#8217;ll see a Windows login prompt. Entering your user <strong>password<\/strong>, select <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45d9fe5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45d9fe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture5-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1172\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture5-2.png 760w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture5-2-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8318e5d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8318e5d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol start=\"6\">\n \t<li>If everything is fine. You will now be able to connect to server successfully.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95b8635 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95b8635\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture6-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1173\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture6-2.png 936w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture6-2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Picture6-2-768x418.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RDP, which stands for Remote Desktop Protocol, is a protocol used by Windows Server that enables remote desktop connections. You can administer and manage your Windows Server with RDP. There are 3 things needed to login into your server using RDP. IP address of the server Username for RDP access Password for RDP access \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[43,9,41,42,12,31,10],"class_list":["post-1166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorial","tag-rdp","tag-windows","tag-windows-kvm-vps","tag-windows-rdp","tag-windows-server-2019","tag-windows-vps","tag-windows10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1166"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1188,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166\/revisions\/1188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.windlayer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}