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Will Remote Desktop connect to other macs?

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Kimo@officeformac.com - 29 Jul 2008 19:51 GMT
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel

It would be great if Microsoft could add a connection to other Macs in the Remote Desktop or at least add Remote Assistance to the Messenger for Mac users. I constantly used this feature in my windows computer but recently moved over to Mac Book Pro.

Microsoft Team Let me know if this is on your road map for either products out there?
Corentin Cras-Méneur - 29 Jul 2008 21:39 GMT
> It would be great if Microsoft could add a connection to other Macs in
> the Remote Desktop or at least add Remote Assistance to the Messenger
> for Mac users. I constantly used this feature in my windows computer but
> recently moved over to Mac Book Pro.

Well MS won't do it because MacOS X doesn't offer RDC support.
On the other hand, you don;t need it at all.
MacOS X (10.4 and 10.5 at least) offer native VNC support. You can set
your Mac as a VNC server (Sharing preferences, Screen sharing).
Any VNC client application will then allow you to take control of your
Mac. Leopard comes with a built-in VNC client as well.
You can even create vnc shortcuts.
In a text editor (TextEdit), enter the link in the form:
vnc://10.10.10.10
(enter the IP of the Mac or the Bonjour name in the form
name_of_the_mac.local)
Select the link and drag it to the desktop.

When you want to connect, simply double-click the shortcut you just
created.

You can also control your Mac from a PC pretty much the same way: use
one of the many VNC client applications.

> Microsoft Team Let me know if this is on your road map for either
> products out there?

They usually don't post here... (and considering that MacOS X already
offers a similar feature, I doubt they'd want to even try to go there).

Corentin

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