{"id":592,"date":"2025-09-18T09:47:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T13:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/information-technology-services\/?p=592"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:06:39","slug":"remote-desktop-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/information-technology-services\/remote-desktop-connection\/","title":{"rendered":"Remote Desktop Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns sidebar is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4a938530 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-intro\">Remote Desktop enables you to connect to your computer across the Internet from virtually any computer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\">Once connected, Remote Desktop gives you mouse and keyboard control over your computer while showing you everything that\u2019s happening on the screen. With Remote Desktop, you can access your on-campus computer from anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In order to remote into your Clark computer from off-campus, you must first connect to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/information-technology-services\/virtual-private-network-vpn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VPN<\/a>. Once this is accomplished, you will then be able to remote into your Clark office computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Help Documentation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarkuedu.atlassian.net\/wiki\/external\/YmZjMDQ5MmEyZGE0NGE3ZjhhYzI0OGUzY2JlMGY0Mjc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Connect using a Mac<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/clarkuedu.atlassian.net\/wiki\/external\/NDNkNTMyZTJiOTE2NGFiMDg3NmQ0ZGE1ZjFkZTYyNmU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Connect using Windows<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column sidebar-right is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/information-technology-services\/virtual-private-network-vpn\/\">vpn<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-100\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/policies\/?wdt_search=remote%20access\">remote access policy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remote Desktop enables you to connect to your computer across the Internet from virtually any computer. 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