Local machine connections e.g. printers

✅ Remote Desktop Access – User Checklist for Local Files & Printers

🖥️ Step 1: Launch Remote Desktop

1. Press Win + R, type mstsc, and press Enter
2. In the Remote Desktop Connection window, click “Show Options”
   

📁 Step 2: Enable Local Resource Access

📂 File Access (Drives)

• Go to the Local Resources tab
• Click the “More…” button
• ✅ Check the drives you want to access (e.g. C:, D:, USB devices)
  

🖨️ Printer Access

• Still on the Local Resources tab
• ✅ Make sure “Printers” is checked
  

📋 Clipboard Access (optional)

• ✅ Leave “Clipboard” checked to enable copy/paste of text/files
  

🔐 Step 3: Connect to the Server

• Return to the General tab
• Enter your server IP or hostname
• Click Connect
• Enter your credentials when prompted
  

✅ Step 4: Verify Access Inside the Server Session

📂 Files

• Open File Explorer in the remote desktop
• Look under This PC or Network
• You should see your local drives listed as:
• \\tsclient\C
• \\tsclient\D
• etc.
  

You can now open and save Sage files directly from/to your local PC.

🖨️ Printers

• Open the Print dialog in any application (e.g. Sage 50)
• Look for your local printer name (often labeled with “redirected”)
  

⚠️ If It Doesn’t Work

Ask your admin to verify:

• Group Policy settings allow:
• Drive redirection
• Printer redirection
• Clipboard access
• Remote Desktop Services role is correctly configured on the server
  

💡 Tips

• You can also copy/paste files between your desktop and the remote session
• Be cautious with saving large files directly to redirected drives (can be slow)