RDP 7.0 new features and enhancements

Beginning with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, additional features have been added to RDP to provide improved performance in certain scenarios and an enhanced user experience within a Remote Desktop session. The improvements made in RDP 7.0 include the following:

• Audio and video playback redirection RDP can now redirect audio and video content from the Remote Desktop Session Host to the client computer in its original format and render it using the client computer's resources.
• Improved multiple monitor support RDP now supports using up to 10 monitors simultaneously on the client computer.
• Audio recording redirection RDP can now redirect audio recording devices such as microphones from the client computer to the Remote Desktop session, which can be useful for Voice over IP (VoIP) and speech recognition scenarios.
• Desktop composition RDP now fully supports Windows Aero within a remote desktop session.
• DirectX redirection Applications that use DirectX versions 9 and 10 are rendered on the Remote Desktop Session Host and have their graphic output redirected to the client computer as bitmap images.
• Language bar redirection RDP lets users use the language bar on the client computer to control language settings for RemoteApp programs.

Note Desktop Connection is not supported on a Remote Desktop session that uses multiple monitors.