What is Windows Virtual Desktop? Leveraging the power of Microsoft Azure, Windows Virtual Desktop is an instanced virtual machine hosting a desktop and app virtualization service running on the. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft. It provides the user with the ability to connect to another computer over a network. To delete the data of the client in Windows 7/8/8.1/10, follow the steps below. There is just one method to delete the data.
Windows 8.1 Remote Desktop Client
In a remote session the normal shutdown button only allows you to disconnect or log off. After a bit of research I found 2 easy ways of restarting a remote desktop session.
- Go to the Desktop
- Close all open desktop apps
- Type ALT+F4 (this is the shortcut for closing apps and programs too)
- Up pop a new ‘Shut Down Windows” Windows 8 dialogue
- Then select the command of you desire.
If you are commend line oriented then,
Windows 8.1 Remote Desktop Service
- Type + R to open the ‘Run’ dialog
- Type either ‘shutdown /r’ for a restart or ‘shutdown /s’ for a simple shutdown and click OK.
- If you want to see a UI or do this remotely, you can always try ‘shutdown /i’ on your local machine and do a remote shutdown.