

To check this, go to Start > Settings > System > About and look for Edition. For info on how to get Windows 10 Pro, go to Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro. Select the remote PC name that you added, and then wait for the connection to complete.

On your Windows, Android, or iOS device: Open the Remote Desktop app (available for free from Microsoft Store, Google Play, and the Mac App Store), and add the name of the PC that you want to connect to (from Step 1). In Remote Desktop Connection, type the name of the PC you want to connect to (from Step 1), and then select Connect. On your local Windows PC: In the search box on the taskbar, type Remote Desktop Connection, and then select Remote Desktop Connection. Use Remote Desktop to connect to the PC you set up:

Make note of the name of this PC under PC name. Then, under System, select Remote Desktop, set Remote Desktop to On, and then select Confirm. When you're ready, select Start, and open Settings. Then, under System, select About, and under Windows specifications, look for Edition. For info on how to get Windows 11 Pro, go to Upgrade Windows Home to Windows Pro. To check this, select Start, and open Settings. The second parameter determines whether the firewall rules for Remote Desktop should be activated on the target computer.Set up the PC you want to connect to so it allows remote connections: The first parameter enables RDP connections if it has a value of 1, and 0 blocks them. To change the status of Remote Desktop, invoke the SetAllowTSConnections function. If the value of AllowTSConnections is 1, the Remote Desktop feature is active with 0, it's inactive. To obtain the current status of Remote Desktop, retrieve the AllowTSConnections property: Get-CimInstance -Namespace "root\cimv2\TerminalServices" -Class win32_terminalservicesetting | select ServerName, AllowTSConnections Rather, you have to use WMI, which not only works locally, but also remotely via the ComputerName parameter. PowerShell doesn't provide its own cmdlet to turn Remote Desktop on or off.

There, you will find the link to Remote Desktop, where the corresponding dialog box offers the same settings as the other two GUI options.Īdding accounts to the Remote Desktop Users group is possible via the Local Users and Groups menu item in the left navigation pane. Activate Remote Desktop via the settings of a computer in the Windows Admin Center
