How To Enable Remote Desktop On Windows 11

If you must connect to a device remotely, Windows 11 includes multiple ways to configure the feature using the Settings app, Control Panel, Command Prompt, and PowerShell commands. This guide will teach you how to enable Remote Desktop to manage a computer or access files and apps remotely on Windows 11. (See also this video tutorial on the Pureinfotech YouTube channel on how to set up the feature.)

Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from Settings Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from Control Panel Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from Command Prompt Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from PowerShell

Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from Settings

To enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from the Settings app, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, you can connect to your computer using the modern Remote Desktop app (recommended).

Using the Remote Desktop feature, use the “Network Level Authentication” option to make the connection more secure. Also, the settings page displays the current Remote Desktop port in case you need to configure a router to allow remote connections outside the network. If nothing changes on your device, the port number should always be 3389.

Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from Control Panel

To enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 with Control Panel, use these steps: After you complete the steps, you can use one of the available clients from another computer to connect to your device remotely.

When you enable the feature using Control Panel, the option to require “Network Level Authentication” also gets selected by default, which is an option you want to allow anyway.

Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from Command Prompt

To enable the remote desktop protocol with Command Prompt, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the feature will turn on, allowing you to access the computer remotely.

Enable Remote Desktop on Windows 11 from PowerShell

To enable Remote Desktop with PowerShell on Windows 11, use these steps: After you complete the steps, you can use the Remote Desktop app to remotely access the device, even when the firewall is enabled.

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