Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan)

Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) at a glance

Remote Desktop Connection Manager combines many Remote Desktop sessions in a single interface. Connections can be organised into groups, share credentials and be watched side by side as thumbnails. For administrators who switch between dozens of servers every day, this saves time and clicks.

The tool is published by Sysinternals as a standalone application and is not updated through Windows Update. New builds appear irregularly, often after long gaps. Anyone who rolls it out to admin workstations should track the current release themselves so that outdated builds do not linger there.

When updating, take a look at the saved connection files. They hold credentials and the group structure and should be backed up before the binaries are replaced. The behaviour also depends on the RDP client component of the operating system, so a short test of the most important connections makes sense after larger Windows updates.