Remote Desktop for Windows is an excellent and efficient way to manage many networked computers from the comfort of a single PC terminal. In its default configuration it more than gets the job done – but truth be told if you dig into some of the available options you might be surprised on some of the functionality you unearth.
Maybe you already knew you could forward the local printer or clipboard to the remote computer, or bring the remote computer’s sound to the local computer. But unless you’ve done a little poking around you probably missed the capability to bring local drives to the remote session. That sure beats using a central file server as the means of moving files back and forth doesn’t it?
Launch Remote Desktop from the Windows Start search menu.
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Expand the Options by clicking on the arrow in the dialog.
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Switch to the Local Resources tab and click More under Local devices and resources.
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Now you can check-on and off any device you wish to forward to the remote computer, not just the Printers or Clipboard that you saw earlier, but local disk or DVD drives too!
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With the desired devices selected finish supplying your connection credentials for the remote computer and connect. Inside Windows Explorer on the remote computer you will see the appropriate drives mapped and available for access.
