How to Initiate a Remote Desktop Connection

You can make the connection using either the machine name or the IP address. Both options should work equally well. If your scan information is old and you cannot depend on the IP address you may want to use the host name. If your organization is experiencing DNS issues and cannot properly resolve the host name you should use the IP address.

You must specify which credential to use when making the RDP connection.

• Prompt me for credentials: Will display a separate dialog that you can use to provide the user name and password credentials. This is a good option to use for rogue machines for which you do not have predefined credentials.



• Machine credential: Will use the credential assigned on the Machine Properties dialog. This is a convenient option for machines you have previously assigned credentials.
• Managed credential: Enables you to choose which credential to use when making the connection. This is the preferred option for those machines that use your managed credentials. See Managing Credentials for more information.

If the credential you choose does not work and you are unexpectedly prompted for credentials, check to see if the user name contains .\Administrator. Some newer operating systems translate this term to consolemachinename\Administratorand the credentials will be rejected. The solution is to use Administrator rather than .\Administrator.

If enabled, specifies that the remote connection will be made to the "session 0" session of the server (the target machine). Session 0 is required to perform certain administrative tasks on some Windows operating systems.

To initiate the RDP connection, click Connect.