All of these attributes (except for the connection name) were created by default but can be changed. If you look at the lower-left portion of Figure 2 above, you will see a series of connection attributes. Figure 2: I have created a new connection named Hyper-V. I will use this connection to attach to one of my lab servers. If you look at Figure 2, for example, you can see that I have created a connection called Hyper-V. You are given the opportunity to name the connection as it is being created. Upon choosing the New Connection menu option, the software will create a new connection beneath the Connections container. This can be handy if you work from multiple computers because you can set up your connections once, and then import those connections onto your other devices. Incidentally, mRemoteNG also has the ability to import and export connections. Figure 1: This is what it looks like when you launch mRemoteNG for the first time. To create your first remote connection, just right-click on the word Connections and choose the New Connection command from the resulting shortcut menu. When you launch the tool for the first time, you will be taken to a screen that looks like the one in Figure 1 below. When I installed the tool in my own environment, the installation process probably took about 10 seconds from start to finish. mRemoteNG makes use of a standard Windows installation wizard and takes a matter of seconds to deploy.

This free tool is called mRemoteNG and you can download it here. Recently, though, I found a really great utility that gives you access to all of your remote connections in one place. I use an RDP client to connect to my virtual machines, an FTP client to upload book chapters to my publishers and a couple of other clients that are a bit more obscure.

As a freelance tech writer, I make extensive use of remote connectivity.

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