Windows Remote Desktop Server

There are three Remote Desktop Server (former: Windows Terminal Server) available:

• gwd-wints1.top.gwdg.de - software for all GWDG accounts, freeware or campus licensed
• gwd-wints5.top.gwdg.de - software for Active Directory administrators
• gwd-wintsbio.top.gwdg.de - Compute Server for statistics (SAS, Statistica, Stata, R-Studio-Desktop, Excel) and bioinformatics. There is a special registration needed for this server. E-Mail

The Remote Desktop Server gwd-wints1.top.gwdg.de is available for all GWDG user accounts. Here you find freeware and software licensed for all users. It is also used for the administration of our virtual machines.

A remote desktop client (RDP client) is needed to connect to the server:

• Windows 10 oder 11: search for Remote Desktop Connection → “gwd-wints1.top.gwdg.de”, GWDG\username and your password
• Linux: remmina or xFreeRDP. The syntax for xFreeRDP is:

xfreerdp /u:GWDG\\Benutzername /v:gwd-wints1.top.gwdg.de

• Macintosh:We recommend the Microsoft Remote Desktop Client from the App Store.

The Remote Desktop Server are accessable within the GÖNET. From outside you need a VPN connection: VPN-Server .