Remote desktop to Windows Pro - from anywhere
Windows Pro has Remote Desktop built in. Francesca shows how to switch it on, connect with Awacino and open the PC in the Windows App - without a VPN and without opening a port.
Step by step
Step 1Open the Remote Desktop settings
On the PC, open Settings, System, Remote Desktop.
Step 2Switch Remote Desktop on
Switch Remote Desktop on and confirm. Remote Desktop needs Windows Pro, Enterprise or Education.
Step 3Connect with Awacino
On your phone, open Awacino, tap Connect on your PC and beam into its network. The phone gets an address in your home network, and Awacino shows the IP address of the PC - tap the copy icon next to it.
Step 4Connect with the Windows App
Install the Windows App from Microsoft (iPhone, iPad, Android, Mac). Add a PC, paste the IP address as the PC name, enter your Windows user name and password and connect.
Step 5Your desktop
There is your desktop - from anywhere, on mobile data or in a hotel Wi-Fi, without opening a port on your router.
Why this way
Remote Desktop is already in Windows Pro. Awacino only adds the way in from outside.
No open port
Your router stays closed. The remote desktop port is only reachable inside your network - and your phone is in that network through the beam.
No VPN server
Nothing to set up on the router, no VPN gateway, no dynamic DNS. Awacino finds the direct, end-to-end encrypted path by itself.
Your usual app
You keep the remote desktop app you like. Awacino only gives your phone an address inside your home network, so the app connects as if you were at home.