Remote Desktop vs. Remote Desktop Web

If I may, which works better? Client or Web Connection?



On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 19:04:57 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
<newshelper.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

>nburdge wrote:
>> I am wondering what the difference really is between the two? Both
>> require port forwarding of port 3389. So why would I use Remote
>> Desktop Web Access instead of just using the regular Remote Desktop
>> client? If, for instance, a remote location (hospital, hotel room,
>> etc...) had port 3389 blocked for some reason, neither would work
>> as they both require this port - if they didn't have it blocked,
>> regular Remote Desktop should work so why would I use the web
>> client?
>
>Remote Desktop Web Connection loads the Remote Desktop client within a
>browser. The Remote Desktop Web Connection is a perfect solution for
>connecting to your home or office PC when you can't install the Remote
>Desktop client software on a computer.
>
>(Ever tried to connect to your computer without the client on a Windows 9x
>machine?)
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP

--
Bob Felton

Bob Felton wrote:
> If I may, which works better? Client or Web Connection?

That depends greatly by what you mean...

However - as you are running everything *in a browser* with the Web
connection version of Remote Desktop - your best performance would be the
actual client - which is dedicated to doing what it does - unlike when you
use the browser for it.

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Sorry, I meant from a connection reliability point of view. I am
having some connection dropouts, explained in another thread of mine
"Linksys BEFSR41...." dated 8/1/07. As I recently recalled, however,
the problem only started when the target server was changed from a
Windows 2000 Server SP4 machine to a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
machine.


On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 21:10:16 -0500, "Shenan Stanley"
<newshelper.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:

>Bob Felton wrote:
>> If I may, which works better? Client or Web Connection?
>
>That depends greatly by what you mean...
>
>However - as you are running everything *in a browser* with the Web
>connection version of Remote Desktop - your best performance would be the
>actual client - which is dedicated to doing what it does - unlike when you
>use the browser for it.
>
>--
>Shenan Stanley
> MS-MVP

--
Bob Felton