Remote Desktop Web Connection is a Web application consisting of a COM component and a sample connection
page. When you deploy Remote Desktop Web Connection on a Web server, you can provide client connectivity to
Terminal Servers and other computers using Internet Explorer and TCP/IP.
The reference material for Remote Desktop Web Connection is included in the
Remote Desktop Web Connection Reference section.
See the following topics for additional information:
Installing Remote Desktop Web Connection
The following steps install the Remote Desktop ActiveX control and sample Web page to the %systemroot%\Web\Tsweb
directory. They share the Web page in the \Tsweb directory on your server, for example, at
http://myserver/tsweb. The control (Msrdp.ocx) and the Remote Desktop Web Connection code are located in
Msrdp.cab.
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To install Remote Desktop Web Connection
- In the Add/Remove Programs item in Control Panel, under Add/Remove Windows Components, install Microsoft
Internet Information Services (IIS).
- Install the World Wide Web Service subcomponent of IIS.
- Install the Remote Desktop Web Connection subcomponent of World Wide Web Service.
For a description of the Web page that is included with the installation of Remote Desktop Web Connection, see
Sample Web
Page Included with the Remote Desktop ActiveX Control.
Release History
| Release | Description |
|---|
| Windows Server 2003 |
Includes an updated Remote Desktop Web Connection that supports RDP 5.2 and
is backward compatible with RDP 5.1 and 5.0.
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| Windows XP |
Includes Remote Desktop Web Connection, which is an updated version of the Terminal Services Advanced Client (TSAC).
Remote Desktop Web Connection supports RDP 5.1 and is backward compatible with RDP 5.0.
|
| Windows 2000 |
The release of the TSAC as a ValueAdd component on Microsoft
Windows 2000 Server Service Pack 1 (SP1), extends Terminal Services technology to the Web. The Terminal Services
client-side application only needs Microsoft Internet Explorer, a connection to the World Wide Web, and
appropriate rights to view Microsoft ActiveX controls. The TSAC supports
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 5.0.
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