Remote Desktop (RDP)

Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) allows you to connect to a specific York College computer from off-campus. Available to all employees and some students, RDP provides the same functionality as sitting at the physical machine, including access to your H: Drive, network shares, and specialized software.

Usage Notes:

• VPN Requirement: Employees must first request VPN access to connect to their office computers remotely.
• No Virtual Meetings: Do not use RDP connection for any virtual meetings. Sound and video will not carry across the connection. Use your local machine for any virtual meetings. 
• Save your work: Files saved while using RDP will be saved to your H: Drive by default. They will not save on your remote machine. 
• Daily Restarts: General-use campus computers automatically restart at 4:00 AM each day. If you are connected at this time, any unsaved work will be lost.
• Lab Courtesy: If you are accessing a shared lab computer, use it during your normal class period or check the room's availability first. If someone else is already signed into a machine, do not sign them out; choose a different computer.
• Proper Disconnection: Simply closing the RDP window merely disconnects your session; it does not sign you out. Be sure to properly sign out of the Windows session when you are finished.

Prepare Your YCP Account

• Visit: https://mysignins.microsoft.com/security-info

• Verify the Primary Authenticator is: Microsoft Authenticator - notification

  • Located next to the "Sign-in method when most advisable is unavailable:"

  • Click Change if any other option is displayed

Access a YCP computer

If you're accessing a computer that multiple people use, please either use this during your normal class period or check the room's availability before remoting in. If someone is already signed into a computer, please choose another instead; do not sign them out.

To check a room availability:

• Sign into myapps.microsoft.com with your YCP username and password.

• Select the 25Live icon.

• Select Sign In (in the upper right) then sign in with your network account.

  • Note: If you see your name in the upper right, then you're already signed in.

• There is a Select Object with a box next to it. 

  • Click on the box and select Locations.

  • In search search box, search the room you would like to check the availability.

By default, your work will save to your H: Drive (unless you choose another location) which can then be accessed through MyFiles. We recommend saving to your Google Drive instead.

Civil Engineering Center

CCE104: 13 computers