Share screens with client computers in Remote Desktop
You can share a client computerβs screen, or the administratorβs screen, with any number of clients. The clients you share with see whatever is on the shared screen. You can control your own screen when sharing it, but you canβt control another clientβs screen when sharing it.
Share a screen with client computers
In Remote Desktop
, select a computer list in the sidebar of the main window, select the target computers (the ones you want to share with), choose Interact > Share Screen, then select the screen to be shared.To share your administrator screen, select βThis computer.β
To share a client screen, select βOther computer,β and drag a computer from a Remote Desktop computer list to the dialog.
Select the display to be shared.
To share all connected displays, select βAll displays.β
To share only the main display, select βMain display.β
To prevent users from accessing their own desktops while youβre sharing a screen with them, select βPrevent use of local desktop.β
The shared screen will be shown full screen on the clients. To allow users to access their desktops and see the shared screen in a resizable window, deselect this checkbox.
Click Share Screen.
Monitor a Share Screen session
You can get information about all active Share Screen tasks, and sort the tasks by time started, source screen, or target computers.
In Remote Desktop
, choose Window > Active Share Screen Tasks.