Life Sciences - Remote Into a Managed Windows PC from a Personal or Managed Windows PC

Overview

These are step-by-step instructions on how to remote into a managed Windows device from a personal or managed Windows PC.

Prerequisites

*Life Sciences includes the following departments:  Ag / Vet/ ADDL 

  1. Have remote access to the device you want to remote into. If you do not have remote access, you can submit a request through the General Support Request form
  2. Open and connect to Cisco Secure Client on the appropriate Life Science VPN profile. This app will be installed on managed devices. For personal devices, you can click on How do I download, install, and connect to Cisco Secure Client on a personal device (Windows and Mac)? 
  3. The computer you are trying to remote into will need to be on and connected to the Purdue domain
  4. You will need to have signed into the computer you are trying to remote into at least once
  5. The name or IP address of the computer you want to remote into. You can find this information by following the instructions How to find your computer name and IP address on managed Windows and Mac computers

Instructions

  1. Open Remote Desktop Connection
    Remote Desktop Connection
     
  2. Click Show Options.
    Remote Desktop Connection 
     
  3. In the Computer field, type the computer name followed by .boilerad.purdue.edu (for vet computers use .vet.purdue.edu) or the IP address of the computer you want to remote into.
  4. Under the User name field, type boilerad\ followed by your username
  5. Click Connect
    Computer Information
     
  6. Enter your career account password and make sure to check the box next to Remember me
  7. Click OK
    Credentials

Ending Remote Session

  1. When you are done with your remote session, you can sign out of the device you are remoted into or you can click Close (X) on the blue banner at the top middle section of your screen to terminate it.
    NOTE: The banner may auto-hide. If this is the case, you can have it be persistent by pinning it (icon on the left of the banner that looks like a push pin). To have the banner re-appear, place and hold the cursor at the top middle of the screen.

Blue Banner for Remote Session

 

Still need help?  Click the 'Purdue IT Request' button to start a ticket.

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