I am looking for a dependable RDP provider. I do not need encoding, torrents or anything special. I basically need a Windows virtual machine where I can log in from anywhere connected to the Internet and access a standard environment.

I am not able to host the virtual machine, so hosting is required.

Any recommendations?

-Desh

11/8/2012 7:27:54 AM

Don't know if its really what you are looking for, but after they blocked RDC from outside connections at work, I started using Logmein instead. I was already using that for controlling my personal computers at home, but it is a pretty decent web based solution. And you can get by quite easily on the free version. You lose remote printing and some other things, but it serves my purposes.

11/8/2012 8:07:59 AM

http://aws.amazon.com

11/8/2012 8:13:05 AM

^. azure has a similar offering

11/8/2012 8:20:08 AM

https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/?scenario=virtual-machines

The <5 minute guide to doing it:

https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/manage/windows/tutorials/virtual-machine-from-gallery/

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11/9/2012 1:04:22 AM

thx guys. I'm leaning towards Amazon or rackspace.com.

11/9/2012 9:18:37 AM

http://aws.amazon.com/free/

11/9/2012 10:14:52 AM

you can't VPN into your network and run RDC?

11/9/2012 4:52:01 PM

might not have a static ip, or a desktop, or a windows box, or be willing to expose something all the time with personal data on it, etc

11/9/2012 7:41:39 PM

static IP for something like this is a thing of the past with a free Dynamic dns service like no-ip.com.

Seriously... who now doesn't have an extra spare computer for something simple like this? I got 10 boxes in my room that's being useless. Shit, easy enough to use VM on one of them.

11/9/2012 9:04:24 PM

bigger reason is the upload pipe. most home cable/dsl connections are only 2-5mbps upstream, with pretty unreliable latency.

if this is for business purposes, I can think of a dozen useful reasons for this off the top of my head. for personal use, yeah it doesnt make a whole lot of sense.

11/9/2012 9:07:00 PM

I wished I was able to get FIOS. 150 down, 65 up for 100 bucks a month is damn sexy.

11/14/2012 7:59:54 AM