Editing Remote Desktop Protocol (section)

=== Version 6.1 ===
This version was released in February 2008 and is first included with [[Windows Server 2008]] and Windows Vista with Service Pack 1 and later backported to Windows XP with Service Pack 3. The RDP 6.1 client is available on Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003 SP1/SP2 (x86 and x64 editions) and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition through KB952155.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952155 | title=Description of the Remote Desktop Connection 6.1 client update for Terminal Services in Windows XP Service Pack 2 | publisher=microsoft | access-date=2014-03-11 | archive-date=August 29, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829115853/http://support.microsoft.com/kb/952155 | url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to changes related to how a remote administrator connects to the "console",<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2007/12/17/changes-to-remote-administration-in-windows-server-2008.aspx
|title=Changes to Remote Administration in Windows Server 2008
|date=December 17, 2007
|access-date=February 10, 2008
|work=Terminal Services Team Blog
|publisher=Microsoft
|archive-date=March 5, 2009
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305054514/http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2007/12/17/changes-to-remote-administration-in-windows-server-2008.aspx
|url-status=live
}}</ref> this version has new functionality introduced in Windows Server 2008, such as connecting remotely to individual programs and a new client-side printer redirection system that makes the client's print capabilities available to applications running on the server, without having to install print drivers on the server<ref>{{cite web
 |url        = http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/484d57e7-feb4-4dcc-9d13-152c053516471033.mspx?pf=true
 |archive-url = http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20140121002246/http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/484d57e7-feb4-4dcc-9d13-152c053516471033.mspx?pf=true
 |url-status   = dead
 |archive-date = January 21, 2014
 |title      = Terminal Services Printing
 |date       = January 10, 2008
 |access-date = February 10, 2008
 |work       = TechNet&nbsp;– Windows Server 2008 Technical Library
 |publisher  = Agozik-Microsoft
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2007/04/26/introducing-terminal-services-easy-print-part-1.aspx |title=Introducing Terminal Services Easy Print: Part 1 – Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services) Team Blog – Site Home – MSDN Blogs |publisher=Blogs.msdn.com |access-date=2014-02-13 |archive-date=February 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213012007/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2007/04/26/introducing-terminal-services-easy-print-part-1.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> also on the other hand, remote administrator can freely install, add/remove any software or setting at the client's end. However, to start a [[remote administration]] session, one must be a member of the Administrators group on the server to which one is trying to get connected.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Securing Remote Desktop (RDP) for System Administrators {{!}} Information Security Office|url=https://security.berkeley.edu/education-awareness/best-practices-how-tos/system-application-security/securing-remote-desktop-rdp|access-date=2020-10-12|website=security.berkeley.edu|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012115849/https://security.berkeley.edu/education-awareness/best-practices-how-tos/system-application-security/securing-remote-desktop-rdp|url-status=live}}</ref>