Remote Desktop multi-monitor support

Multiple monitors are great for productivity.  Here’s a tip to use multiple monitors with your remote desktop or terminal server connection.

Use the “/span” and “/f” command line switches for the Microsoft remote desktop client for dual monitor support.

e.g. to remote desktop into a Terminal Server named “myRDPname” from the command line and get the RDP client to span dual monitors in full screen mode:

mstsc /v:myRDPname /span /f

Switch	Description
/v	the remote machine name
/span	span across multiple monitors
/f	open in full screen mode

If you use the /? switch you can see all the command line arguments.