Ever been lost in a RDP of an RDP of RDP? I think I found quite possibly the best RDP application ever! Best of all its Free! The application is called Terminals you can download it by clicking here. The developer is Rob Chartier and he has done an exceptional job on this application so lets take a look!

Application Description:

“Terminals is a secure, multi tab terminal services/remote desktop client. It uses Terminal Services ActiveX Client (mstscax.dll).
The project started from the need of controlling multiple connections simultaneously. It is a complete replacement for the mstsc.exe (Terminal Services) client.”  “www.codeplex.com”

What I Love about it!

First off and most importantly is the ability to have tabbed RDP sessions in one Window.Terminals makes it nice and easy to be able to browse thru the RDP windows. You can also set the tabs to show the user name in the tab as well. You have the ability to name the RDP connection anything you want which is normal but I like to point out that it doesn’t have to be the machine name.

The next feature I love is the ability to tag your RDP computers which essentially organizes (groups) everything nice and easy. Simply double click on on PC’s label and boom another tab is opening in Terminals and if you’ve saved your connection information its automatically logging you in. Worried about security? Terminals allows you to create a master password to access the application. The latest version 1.8 even includes a separate credentials management utility. Terminals also stores a history of your sessions as well.

The developer also includes some nice tools for you to use as well such as; Ping Trace, Port Scanner, Terminal Services Administration, and a host of others. It also  has a nice screen capture application built in as well. Pretty basic but again its right at your fingertips. Outside of RDP Terminals also supports ICA, VNC, TelNet, RAS, and VMRC connections. All in all terminals is a great little utility and now I can’t image life without it. However, don’t take my word for it check it out for yourself!