There are two sides to the shift to remote work. On one side, you need to ensure that your people have access to equipment that will allow them to perform their day-to-day tasks. On the other, there needs to be a way to connect back to company resources that will help workers complete those tasks.

One solution to both of these aspects that has proven useful is remote desktop technologies. These technologies allow a user to log into a computer remotely and operate it just as though they were sitting in front of it.

Remote desktop technology is not new and there are a number of solutions available, ranging from platform-independent implementations, such as VNC, to third-party services that make remote desktop connections a breeze to set up and use.

One remote desktop implementation that stands out is Window