USB through RDP

Posted by Planet Malaysia on March 12, 2009

For some reason, you may need access to external USB drive for copying some files or folders to remote server which you don’t have physically access to it.

For a temporary USB access, you can try USB through Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol(RDP).

First connect an external USB to your computer which show as Drive H: as example below.

Run Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection(RDP) connect to remote Windows server, click ‘Local Resources‘ -> click ‘More‘ -> check ‘Drive H:’ -> click ‘connect’.

Note: Supported Plug and Play devices is an optional.