5. Adam has a desktop computer in his office in London that he may wish to use while he travels around the UK between his customers. Objectives Configure Remote Desktop. Test a Remote Desktop connection.

Configure Remote Desktop.
Test a Remote Desktop connection.

You decide to enable Remote Desktop on his desktop computer so that Adam can access it to work on his
data files should the need arise. Before Adam leaves, you decide to test the remote-desktop connection to
his desktop computer from his laptop.

The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:
1. Enable Remote Desktop through the firewall and enable Remote Desktop on Adam’s office computer.
2. Connect to the remote computer with Remote Desktop.

Task 1: Enable Remote Desktop through the firewall and enable Remote Desktop on Adam’s office computer
1. On LON-CL1, open Windows Firewall, and enable Remote Desktop through the firewall for all
   network location profiles (Domain, Private, and Public).
2. In Control Panel, in System and Security, select Allow remote access, and then select the following
   options:
    o Select Allow remote connections to this computer.
    o Add Adatum\Adam as a Remote Desktop user.
3. Confirm your changes, and then close all open windows.
4. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator with the password Pa$$w0rd, and then open
   Remote Desktop Connection.
5. Specify the computer to connect to as LON-CL1, and then click Show Options.
6. Configure the following setting:
   Advanced tab, select: If server authentication fails: Connect and don’t warn me.

Task 2: Connect to the remote computer with Remote Desktop
1. Connect to LON-CL1. When prompted, enter the user name Adatum\Adam and the password
   Pa$$w0rd.
2. Determine the computer name within the Remote Desktop session.
3. Close the Remote Desktop session, and then close all open windows.
4. On LON-CL1, notice you are logged out.