Are they using the same protocol for their remote desktop feature? Also, are there ports we need to open to keep it faster? We're trying to run 3-4 sessions across a 1Mbit connection and I'd like to squeeze more out of it.

1/3/2011 12:47:52 PM

no, completely different technologies. no idea what live sync is using but its light years less performant (and customizable) than RDP.

this is my only tiny complain with live sync / mesh, but i have no idea if there is any plan to merge everything to use rdp. the problem right now afaik is that rdp cant handle passthrough over the interwebs, which is core to how the live sync remote desktop works.

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1/3/2011 4:47:56 PM

Well dangit... I was suspecting something was up based on the creeping speed of mesh.

So is there a trick to maintaining several RDP connections at once? I'm guessing we'll be using VPN? Or is there an alternate solution.

1/3/2011 10:50:17 PM

No trick, doesn't even require a large amount of bandwidth. I'm assuming you are talking about several clien connections at once?

If you're a server/network admin and need to swap between many rdp sessions, there's a pretty awesome powertool that one of the admins in my group pointed me to. I'm still on the road traveling but I'll find it for you when I get back.

You don't need VPN tunneling for rdp sessions, although your organization may need it for other reasons. The complexity of exposing machines to the Internet for remote login is still a huge headache for using rdp, but there are a bunch of options out there and honestly I believe it's worth the effort in windows environments.

1/4/2011 10:54:52 AM