How to add shortcut to Remote Desktop on a webpage?

[Cooky]

There are some useful and frequently used links and info on our IT intranet page. I'd like to add a link to a workstation through Windows Remote Desktop / TS.

Is this possible w/ plain html editing? Can I use a protocol prefix like rdp://192.168.1.2 ?

 

[JRock]

Without hitting up Google I could suggest the following...

Create a batch file that contains. "mstsc /v:servername" without " "

Then create a link to the batch file from wherever...

Ill hit up Google and get more for you...

 

[JRock]

Another Idea (requires touching each machine)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/tools/rdwebconn.mspx

Then you can connect to each by using the following http://ipaddressorhostname/tsweb which could be links.

 

[nweaver]

think you can make the link "mstsc <other goo for that connection here> as the link. I know that works with telnet (had a page with telnet links to all the switches in the lab)

 

[randal]

Easier than that. Simply make a file called "whatever.rdp" and put it on their desktop with the following contents. Windows recognizes the .rdp extension as a remote desktop template, and will connect when you double click it.

screen mode id:i:2
desktopwidth:i:1024
desktopheight:i:768
session bpp:i:16
winposstr:s:0,1,0,0,1388,1009
full address:s:IPADDRESSORT
compression:i:1
keyboardhook:i:2
audiomode:i:0
redirectdrives:i:0
redirectprinters:i:1
redirectcomports:i:0
redirectsmartcards:i:1
displayconnectionbar:i:1
autoreconnection enabled:i:1
username:s:USERNAME
domain:s:YOUR_DOMAIN_IF_ANY
alternate shell:s:
shell working directory:s:
disable wallpaper:i:1
disable full window drag:i:1
disable menu anims:i:1
disable themes:i:0
disable cursor setting:i:0
bitmapcachepersistenable:i:1

This can easily be generated by running mstsc, hitting options, filling them out, then hitting "Save As"

 

[Cooky]

Thanks for everyone's input.
I chose JRock's approach -
I first created the bat file w/ preset host name, and also installed the Remote Desktop Web Connection.