Configuring Windows 7 (Training Kit) - Part 44. This training kit is designed for IT professionals who operate in enterprise enviroments that use Windows 7 as a desktop operating system. You should have at least one year of experience in the IT field, as well as experience implementing and administering any Windows client operating system in a networked environment. | connect to that client remotely and resume the session over Remote Desktop. It is also possible for the user to disconnect from that session and resume it when they log back on directly. If another user is logged on when an incoming Remote Desktop session is initiated she will receive a message indicating that another user wants to log on remotely as shown in Figure 7-16. The logged-on user has the ability to deny the remote user access even when the remote user has administrative privileges and the logged-on user does not. If a user is logged on remotely and another user attempts a local logon the remote user will be prompted in the same way. A currently logged-on user whether that logon is remote or local is able to deny another user s logon request. If a user is disconnected her session remains in memory and she can reconnect at any time similar to the way a user s session remains in memory when you use the Switch User option from the Shutdown menu. FIGURE 7-16 The logged-on user can deny remote desktop connection. You can make Remote Desktop connections through NAT devices to hosts on the Internet. A technology available in Windows Server 2008 called Terminal Services Gateway allows users to make Remote Desktop connections from hosts that have Internet connectivity to hosts on an internal protected network. It is possible to make Remote Desktop connections over modem and VPN links. Remote Desktop connections can use both the IPv4 and IPv6 protocol and it is possible to make a Remote Desktop connection when a computer connects to the network using DirectAccess. Configuring Remote Desktop You can make remote desktop connections only to computers running the Professional Enterprise and Ultimate editions of Windows 7. Other editions of Windows 7 do not support incoming Remote Desktop connections but all editions include the Remote Desktop client software. Remote Desktop is not enabled by default on computers running Windows 7. You can enable it on the Remote tab of
