Remote Desktop is a tool that you use to remotely log on to computers, so you can access to a computer other than the one you are sitting at. This is useful if you are outside the University and for example need to use programs you have installed on your office computer, need to access to your home (M:) or other disks connected to your office computer. Via Remote Desktop you can also access resources such as dictionaries, magazines and other which is available only to computers at the UiO.
NOTE: To connect to your office computer with Remote Desktop, the computer must be configured for it. Contact your local IT staff for help to prepare the machine for Remote Desktop Connection.
New Remote Desktop Connection
To make the UiO network safer, we now have a secure solution for Remote Desktop connections. This means that you no longer connect directly to your office computer via Remote Desktop, but through a gateway computer using secure transmissions (SSL) and connections through firewalls.
The first time you connect using the new gateway, you generate a connection file which you later will use as a shortcut to Remote Desktop connections to your office computer.
Please note that direct connection via remote Desktop to your office computer, will not work after July 1st. Start using the gateway connection at any time after June 15th.