Remote Desktop Connection 2.0 Hits the Streets

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After beta testing for more than a year, Microsoft finally released Remote Desktop Connection Client 2.0 for the Mac on Thursday. The new version Mac to Windows connection utility is Universal Binary, allowing it to run natively on PowerPC and Intel-based Macs, and also added support for Windows Vista.

Remote Desktop Connection Client 2.0, or RDC 2, lets Mac OS X users connect to Windows-based PCs and run applications in a window on their Mac.

RDC 2 includes improved security support with Network Level Authentication, offers a redesigned user interface, lets users print documents on remote Windows PCs to printers connected to their Mac, and more.

RDC 2 is free and available for download at the Microsoft Web site.

Jeff Gamet

Jeff Gamet

Jeff is the Mac Observer's Managing Editor, and co-host of the Apple Context Machine podcast. He is the author of "The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X" from Peachpit Press, and writes for several design-related publications. Jeff has presented at events such as Macworld Expo, the RSA Conference, and the Mac Computer Expo. In all his spare time, he also co-hosts the We Have Communicators podcast, and makes guest appearances on several other podcasts, too. Jeff dreams in HD.

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