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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
Remote Desktop Server "GWD-WinTS1"
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.
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.
Please notice: The server restarts every night at 4:00am ! Save your files and log off after work.
Access from outside of GÖNET
The Remote Desktop Server are accessable within the GÖNET. From outside you need a VPN connection: VPN-Server .