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Monday, April 1, 2013

Remote Desktop to Your Hyper-V Server From Android Tablet

 

Been searching around and test remote application that is suitable to remote desktop Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V from my nexus 7 (android tablet). Finally I manage to find one out of thousand app available from Google Play. In this post, we are going to look into how to remote to your Hyper-V server from your android tablet / phone.

Download

1. Download SplashTop 2 –Remote Desktop app from Google Play to your Android Tablet. – click here

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2. Download streamer program and install into your Hyper-V Server. – click here

Configuration on the Hyper-V Server

1. After install the streamer program, create a SplashTop account

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2. Configure Security option to control how secure when connect to your server. I’ve added “security code”

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3. Configure Advanced option by entering your Google Account so you can remote desktop to your server from anywhere. Default port is 6783

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Configuration on your android tablet (example: My Nexus 7)

The following is the screenshot taken by using my Nexus 7 tablet. (please click the picture to view)

1. Enter the splashtop account that you’ve created in above step.

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2. Once authenticated, your Hyper-V server should now be streaming directly to your android tablet. Change the display setting or Just select your Hyper-V Server

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3. Enter security code that you’ve entered in previous step

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Sample Hyper-V Server screen

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Tips on using Splashtop

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Give it a try if you got an android device. This is just one of tool that I use to manage servers from my Nexus 7. Enjoy!