A connection should be established immediately as long as Terminal Services and Remote Desktop Services are activated on the host otherwise connection will be rejected. When you have the main dialog box open, all you need to do is enter the network name of the computer you want to connect to or its network ID. It's important that the Windows users are running Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services in order to allow access from other machines. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection allows Mac users on the same network as PC users to access and connect to them much as they would to any other Mac. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection is Microsoft's own proprietary software that enables you to connect from your Mac to a Windows computer. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Description Advertisement (function() )