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== What is Remote Desktop? ==

Remote Desktop allows the graphical interface of a remote Windows system to be displayed over a network onto a local system. In addition, keyboard and mouse events on the local system are transmitted to the remote system enabling the local user to perform tasks on the remote system as if they were physically sitting at the remote system. Conversely, resources (such as printers and disk drives) on the local system can be made available to the remote system for the duration of the connection. This remote control can be established in a number of ways, including over wide area networks (WAN), local area networks (LAN) or over the internet.

The default configuration for Remote Desktop is to allow all members of the Administration group to connect remotely. Active Directory also contains a ''Remote Desktop Users'' group to which users may be added to provide Remote Desktop access privileges. To provide users with remote desktop access, open the ''Control Panel -> System and Maintenance -> System -> Remote settings'' and click on the ''Select Users'' button to invoke the ''Remote Desktop Users'' dialog illustrated in the following figure:

[[Image:windows_server_2008_select_remote_desktop_users.jpg|Selecting Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Users]]