Staff and faculty will be able to configure Remote Desktop on Windows on their university and personal computers to access their workstation from home.
Enable Remote Desktop on Your University Device
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Employees with university-issued devices can enable remote desktop connections to allow another computer to connect.
This process should be completed on your remote computer. This is the computer that is physically located on campus.
Step 1: Create device reservation on UConn network
Newer computers issued by ITS no longer have the network configuration that allows an incoming remote connection. To enable this configuration, you will need to email techsupport@uconn.edu with the following information, indicating that you want to create a network reservation for remote desktop:
Computer service tag - /wiki/spaces/AIT/pages/3260973099
MAC address - (how to find)
Once you receive confirmation from ITS that the configuration was successful, you can move into the next step.
Step 2: Enable incoming remote connections
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If your machine was setup and managed by ITS, it is likely that this is already done. Only do this if you have issues connecting. |
Right
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button and select System from the menu.
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Left-click on Remote Settings from the left-hand side of the screen.
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The User Account Control pop-up window will be displayed.
Select Remote desktop at the bottom of the page.
Turn on Remote Desktop and confirm the change when prompted.
If you see the message “You must enable the Window Firewall exception for Remote Desktop” in the dialogue box, click on the provided link. The page that pops up will give you additional instructions on how to change settings for Remote Desktop Connection so that it works.
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Verify that the second radio button is selected, as well as the checkbox underneath the second radio button.
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Click OK.
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Step 3: Change your power settings
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You will not be able to remote into your machine if it is shut down or asleep. |
To prevent your computer from falling asleep, you will need to change its power settings.
Right click on the Start button and select System from the menu.
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2. In the menu on the left side, select Power & Sleep.
3. From the Sleep drop-down select Never.
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Find Your Computer Name:
Your computer name will be used when setting up your local computer.
Setup Local Machine:
Open Settings and navigate to System → Power & battery → Screen, sleep, & hibernation timeouts
Under the drop-down for Make my device sleep after, select Never.
Next steps
Now that your remote (on-campus) computer is all set, you can now set up your local (off-campus) computer to connect to it: Setting up Remote Desktop on a Local Computer
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