Staff Connect

Accessing your work machine from home

Connecting to a Windows machine

If your work computer is a windows machine, you can connect to your work computer from home using Remote Desktop. Remote Desktop clients are available or Mac, Linux, and Windows to allow you to connect to Windows machines. First we'll go over connecting to Windows from another Windows machine.

Note that some of the windows you will encounter will have a different appearance depending on your version of Windows 10.

First, you will want to follow the instructions for setting up and connecting to the Cornell VPN.

Once you have that set up and you're connected to the Cornell VPN with the math.vpn permit, go to your search bar and type 'remote desktop connection'

Then, at the top of the menu, the Remote Desktop Connection app will appear.

Run the program. Note that you may want to pin the app to your taskbar so you can find it later. Right-click on the taskbar icon to get the menu:

Next, enter the COMPLETE network name of your desktop computer. It will be in the form of AS-MTH-{something}.math.cornell.edu

Note that the username should be CORNELL\ followed by your netid. If it has the wrong username there, click the 'Show Options' button on the lower left.

Now the window shows you more options, and you can enter your netid. You can enter it as CORNELL\netid or netid@cornell

Remote Desktop will start in full-screen mode by default. If you don't want that, click on the 'Display' tab to set the display to what you want.

Then, hit 'Connect'.