What is Remote Desktop?
Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP is the built into Microsoft Windows products. Remote Desktop Protocol is a proprietary protocol which is used to control another system, unlike SSH and Telnet RDP gives you a graphical interface to interact with the remote system.
When you remote into a computer/server using RDP some of the normal shortcut keys are changed for the remote computer.
RDP Shortcut Keys
ALT+PAGE UP – Switches between programs from left to right.
ALT+PAGE DOWN – Switches between programs for right to left.
ALT+INSERT – Cycles through the programs in the order they were started.
ALT+HOME – Displays the Start menu.
CTRL+ALT+BREAK – Switches the client between full-screen mode and window mode.
CTRL+ALT+END – Brings up the Windows Security dialog box.
ALT+DELETE – Displays the Windows menu.
CTRL+ALT+MINUS SIGN (-) – Places a snapshot of the active window, within the client, on the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on the local computer).
CTRL+ALT+PLUS SIGN (+) – Places a snapshot of the entire client windows area on the RD Session Host server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on the local computer).
