working with multiple remote desktop sessions

Question

I remote desktop from my home pc to my work pc. When on my work pc I often have to remote desktop from it to a web server. This expands in the whole the screen which means if I have to return the my work pc I must close down the remote desktop session in web server. The only way for security reasons I can access the web server is through work pc. Is there any way to minimize a remote desktop session (web server) and not having to close it?

Answer 1

We often use Remote Desktop Connection Manager for managing our multiple RDP sessions. It supports many of the features of Terminals and is free.

I hope that this helps.

Answer 2

Using windows RDP client, the pinned toolbars at the top of the screen are covering each other so you can't see the toolbar on the web server. Two options I can think of:

1. Unpin the tool bar that appears in your work PC RDP session. This will make the tool bar auto-hide, exposing the toolbar of the web server
2. Before opening the RDP session to the web server, go to Options >> Display section of the RDP client and force the web server RDP session to open in a smaller window.

Answer 3

You didn't mention your operating system. If you are on Windows and have the ability to install software on your work system, you might find the Terminals application useful (http://terminals.codeplex.com/). Among other features, it has a tabbed interface for remote sessions. We use it quite a bit for exactly the situations you describe.

Answer 4

No not really, VPN to work computer then directly RDP to server? I am not sure but it sounds like the title bar is going away, click the thumb tac and it will stay up.

Answer 5

I use Royal TS:

http://www.code4ward.net/main/RoyalTS/Overview.aspx