Six Tools for managing multiple remote desktop sessions on windows and mac
Historical article · Originally published February 22, 2013; technical details may be outdated.
I use both mac and windows at work, and I do a lot of remote desktop stuff as well. I asked on twitter “what tools would you recommend on windows to manage remote desktops?”
here is the list I got:
- RemoteNG - oldie but a goodie
- Microsoft’s own free RDCMan - nice and simple
- RoyalTS – windows, mac and mobile, not free. I found this one very annoying and laborious to configure, although it did work well
- Terminals – open source client
- MultiRdPC – open source client
- Cord – (mac only) – open source client that I really like on the mac. easier to use than royalts and free.
other ideas? specific recommendations? comment!
side note: if you ever wondered how to enable multiple RDP sessions to a windows 2008 server, here.
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I think it's funny that mRemoteNG, listed here, is a fork of mRemote, which is what a lot of us in our company have been using for a few years.
I tried a couple of these as well. Actually i prefer putting all my servers into a excel sheet. In here i can put other columns as well, like domain, environment, server role etc.
It's very easy to maintain and very easy to add new data to a row if needed.
For connection i have created a new column that generates the mstsc command needed for that server. In here i can speciffy whatever options i likw for that server, e.g. Screen resolution.
However i have not yet found a easy way of executing the command straight from Excel.
Now i have to copy the path, and paste it into run.
What's your favorite? I'm currently stuck with the Windows Remote Desktop Client in VMWare in OSX.
I use Remote Desktop Organizer
For windows. Not sure if it runs on Windows 8.
Regards,
Brian.
definitively Terminals – bc of its superb full screen experience!
I've used RD Tabs and I was very pleased with it.