Remote Desktop Protocol


Remote Desktop Protocol

(protocol)(RDP) A Microsoft protocol that provides remotedisplay and input for Windows.

RDP's video driver renders display output by sending packetsto the client which translates them into correspondingMicrosoft Win32 graphics device interface API calls. Clientmouse and keyboard events are redirected from the client tovirtual keyboard and mouse drivers on the server.

RDP 4.0 was introduced with Windows NT Server 4.0, TerminalServer Edition. Windows 2000 Terminal Services included RDP5.0. The Terminal Services Advanced Client (TSAC), an RDPclient based on an ActiveX control, also supports RDP 5.0.RDP 5.0 provides enhanced performance over low-speedconnections. Windows XP uses RDP 5.1 and includes RemoteDesktop Web Connection, which is an updated version of theTSAC.

RDP extends the ITU T.120 protocols, allowing separatevirtual channels for device communication and presentationdata from the server, as well as encrypted mouse and keyboarddata.

Compare: VNC.

MSDN RDP.

thinclient.net.

Remote Desktop Protocol

The protocol used in Microsoft's Remote Desktop Services thin client architecture. See Remote Desktop Services.