PowerPoint inside Remote Desktop session showing multiple monitors Remote Desktop Multimon Session with 5 monitors The following images show the Remote Desktop Multimon feature in various configurations:ĭisplay Settings UI inside a Remote Desktop session showing multiple monitors It can handle any client monitor configuration supported by Windows. Add “Use Multimon:i:1” to the RDP file.Ĭonnect to a computer running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.Ĭurrently this feature displays the remote desktop on all the monitors available on the client computer. Use the “/multimon” switch on the mstsc.exe command line.Ĭ. Click “Use all monitors for the remote session” in the client (mstsc.exe) window.ī. How to use Remote Desktop Multimon feature:Ĭonnect using the Remote Desktop Client 7.0 (mstsc.exe) available initially on Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2.Įnable Multimon using one of the three methods described below:Ī. This feature will be part of Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 release and works for connections to another client machine (physical or VM), or a Remote Desktop Session Host. With this feature, the user can fully utilize all the monitors connected to the client computer for the Remote Desktop connection thereby providing extra desktop space and an almost seamless experience with the client desktop that is much improved over “Span mode”. Multiple monitor support for Remote Desktop Services allows users to open a Remote Desktop connection expanded across all the monitors on the client computer regardless of the client monitor configuration. To learn about RDS in Windows Server 2016, please visit our First published on CloudBlogs on Jul, 01 2009

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