Screen blanking can be used in conjunction with the automatic lock of the remote screen: when the user disconnects, as soon as the screen is unblanked, the system lock screen will be activated automatically to keep the remote desktop protected even when the computer is running unattended. When a NoMachine user is connected, the physical monitor of the remote computer can be blanked ( screen blanking) with local mouse/keyboard locked down, and audio can be muted to protect the privacy of the user connected remotely. Terminal Services (or 'virtual desktops') is available only with Terminal Server Products for Linux.

Multiple users cannot connect to their own individual desktop at the same time i.e Terminal services is not supported. The Enterprise Desktop permits multiple concurrent connections to the desktop: this means that different users can access the same desktop and share it ( session collaboration). Pre-requisite is that a desktop environment (e.g. In case of Linux hosts booted in CLI (command-line-interface) mode, such as for example headless hosts, NoMachine provides a way to access them in UI mode. the main screen you can see when logging-in to the computer physically. The desktop environment provides the computer's graphical interface, i.e. The Enterprise Desktop is a server which allows users to connect to the physical desktop of its host.Ĭonnections to the physical deskop (or physical display) are connections to the desktop environment installed on the remote computer. To access the computer's desktop remotely, NoMachine Enterprise Desktop needs to be installed on that computer.

The remote computer can be a Windows, Mac, or Linux and it can be your own physical or virtual machine either on-premises or hosted in a cloud. This document is intended to provide general guidelines for understanding which NoMachine products and licenses are necessary to provide access to the physical desktop of a remote computer.

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