A remote worker is RDC-ing into a Win7 PC in my LAN and I need to connect occasionally and collaborate with him inside his session, from a Mac.
The hacks that allow multiple RDC clients per session don't work for me when using the OS X RDC client (the first client gets disconnected when a second client tries to connect.)
Tools like join.me are too cumbersome for on-demand instant joining, as they require several steps by the remote worker. Chrome Remote Desktop allows on-demand connection, but it only let's me share into the login screen, not into the active RDC session for some reason. I haven't experimented yet with VNC.
Is there some way for me to be able to instantly connect into the running RDC session, based only on some one-time configuration on the PC?
Best Answer
It's quite easy. Get your user to log into an RDP session. Then log into the same server using your credentials. Go to Remote Desktop Services Manager. Then right click on the Active user whose session you want to join and click Remote Control. They will receive a permission message and that's it - you're in the same session.