Will Remote Desktop connect to other macs?

<Kimo.DeleteThis@officeformac.com> wrote:

>
> It would be great if Microsoft could add a connection to other Macs in
> the Remote Desktop or at least add Remote Assistance to the Messenger
> for Mac users. I constantly used this feature in my windows computer but
> recently moved over to Mac Book Pro.

Well MS won't do it because MacOS X doesn't offer RDC support.
On the other hand, you don;t need it at all.
MacOS X (10.4 and 10.5 at least) offer native VNC support. You can set
your Mac as a VNC server (Sharing preferences, Screen sharing).
Any VNC client application will then allow you to take control of your
Mac. Leopard comes with a built-in VNC client as well.
You can even create vnc shortcuts.
In a text editor (TextEdit), enter the link in the form:
vnc://10.10.10.10
(enter the IP of the Mac or the Bonjour name in the form
name_of_the_mac.local)
Select the link and drag it to the desktop.

When you want to connect, simply double-click the shortcut you just
created.

You can also control your Mac from a PC pretty much the same way: use
one of the many VNC client applications.
>
> Microsoft Team Let me know if this is on your road map for either
> products out there?

They usually don't post here... (and considering that MacOS X already
offers a similar feature, I doubt they'd want to even try to go there).

Corentin


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