{"id":3471,"date":"2019-10-25T11:30:38","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T03:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/?post_type=kb&#038;p=3471"},"modified":"2022-10-07T10:51:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T02:51:55","slug":"how-to-connect-to-windows-server-using-remote-desktop-tool","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-connect-to-windows-server-using-remote-desktop-tool","title":{"rendered":"How to connect to windows server using Remote Desktop tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3471\" class=\"elementor elementor-3471\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6adbbcc0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6adbbcc0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-13249bc4\" data-id=\"13249bc4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d94acef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d94acef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How To Connect Windows Server using RDP<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7298c96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7298c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Introduction<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62982974 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62982974\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Remote Desktop Utility allows you to access your windows server from anywhere in the world via an internet connection.<br \/>Remote Desktop Service is running on port 3389 by default. Before you make a connection, you have to make sure this port is accessible on your server.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bf68fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6bf68fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-medium\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">WARNING: <\/span> Please read our root access or Administrator access disclaimer below before you continue to read this article.<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7a0d45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7a0d45\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><em>One of the greatest benefits of subscribing to our VPS or (Dedicated Server) plans is that you will have root or administrator&#8217;s access to the system. With this access, you are free to install or configure applications and scripts without the limitations of a shared environment and we encourage you to do so. However, having administrator rights also means that files may be wrongly deleted or misconfigured, resulting in a VPS (or Dedicated Server) going down. Do note that some of these changes are irreversible.<\/em><\/p><p><em>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">support team<\/a> is always here to assist you when you need it. However, there are situations where even we are unable to undo, like the deletion of a database, or deletion of an important system file. In such situations, we will have to re-install the OS, resulting in a potential loss of data.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc9f2ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cc9f2ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to initiate the connection<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15e5e02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15e5e02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Here are steps to access your Windows server or VPS from your PC ( Windows ) :<\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b373cfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b373cfd\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<ol><li>Go to\u00a0<strong>Start\u00a0<\/strong>&gt;\u00a0<strong>All \u00a0Programs<\/strong>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<strong>Accessories\u00a0<\/strong>&gt;\u00a0<strong>Remote Desktop Connection.<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91ffd84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"91ffd84\" 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<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"522\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-remote-desktop-connection-01.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"remote desktop connection\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-remote-desktop-connection-01.png 522w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-remote-desktop-connection-01-291x300.png 291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20af2c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20af2c7\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>2. When Remote Desktop Connetion tool pop up, enter the network (IP) address or computer name (for example : example.hostcentral.net ) of the computer you&#8217;re trying to remotely access. Then click <strong>Connect\u00a0<\/strong>to initiate a connection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f40d08b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f40d08b\" 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<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"421\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-remote-desktop-connection-window-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"remote desktop connection\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-remote-desktop-connection-window-2.png 421w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-remote-desktop-connection-window-2-263x300.png 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 421px) 100vw, 421px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e7fbed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e7fbed\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>3. If you see the prompt below, you can just ignore it and press <strong>Yes<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a34b6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4a34b6d\" 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<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"408\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-confirmation-connect-3.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"remote desktop connection confirmation message\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-confirmation-connect-3.png 408w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-confirmation-connect-3-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7249245 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7249245\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>4. A window will pop up as displayed below. Enter a valid username and password. This information can be found in your Account Information that we sent to you when you start your hosting with us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ac20a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7ac20a3\" 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<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"797\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-windows-server-login-page-4.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"windows server 2003\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-windows-server-login-page-4.png 797w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-windows-server-login-page-4-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/RDP-windows-server-login-page-4-768x528.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 797px) 100vw, 797px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-031640c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"031640c\" 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\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-run-windows-update\">Here<\/a> are some instructions for running updates on Windows Server.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To Connect Windows Server using RDP File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Introduction Remote Desktop Utility allows you to access your windows server from anywhere in the world via an internet connection.Remote Desktop Service is running on port 3389 by default. Before you make a connection, you have to make sure this port is accessible on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/kb\/how-to-connect-to-windows-server-using-remote-desktop-tool\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to connect to windows server using Remote Desktop tool?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"kbtopic":[132],"kbtag":[110],"mkb_version":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/3471"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/3471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20295,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/3471\/revisions\/20295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kbtopic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtopic?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"kbtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kbtag?post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"mkb_version","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mondoze.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mkb_version?post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}