In the Splashtop Connector, RDP resources will be available for the Splashtop Business app to access by setting up Profiles. A profile setting consists of three sections: General settings, Streamer settings, and RDP settings.
You can create multiple Profiles in the Splashtop Connector. These RDP resources will contribute to the total number of computers on your Splashtop team.
Enable the profile to make the RDP resource available for remote access.
General settings
- Profile Name, which will be shown in the Splashtop Business client app. Give the Profile a meaningful name to let users know what the RDP machine is for.
- Enable session recording, Turn this on to automatically record sessions for this
resource. Recordings are saved in the specified path on the Splashtop Connector
machine (See Settings -> General)
Streamer settings
- Deploy code, Enter a Splashtop deployment package code to determine the
RDP resource's default computer group and access permissions. Please see this article on how to create deploy packages. Once created, enter the deployment code in this field.
RDP Settings
- Mode, Splashtop Connector supports both RDP for individual desktops, and RDS
for terminal servers. RDS will require Windows Server and RDS licenses. - Pool Size, If RDS is chosen, set the pool size, which means how many users can
connect to RDS virtual desktops simultaneously. The pool size will contribute to
the total number of computers on the Splashtop team. - Remote Computer, you can pre-configure a remote computer's IP/DNS or ask the user to input this info when connecting to the machine.
- Ask user to specify the remote computer to connect to requires users
to enter the RDP machine’s IP/hostname upon connecting. This may be
useful for ad-hoc support. - Fixed computer with specified information, allows IT admins to
preconfigure the RDP machine's specific IP/hostname and port.
- Ask user to specify the remote computer to connect to requires users
- Login Credential
- Ask user to login when connect to the session, user needs to input the remote computer's login credential to connect
- Fixed user name and password, user can connect to the remote computer with the pre-configured user name and password
- Run in remote application mode, if you have configured and published remote apps on your RDS server, you can let the session run in remote app mode. Turn on this option to set further settings for remote application
- Remote App alias, or Remote App full path, depending on your choice
- Optional remote application parameters, you need to enable remote application parameter support on RDS server.
- Color depth, choose the color depth
- Audio playback, choose the audio playback option
You can enable this profile immediately by turning on Enable this profile immediately after saving, or enable it in the main window.