# Passwordless Remote Access to Windows Servers and Desktops

DevFeed: [Passwordless Remote Access to Windows Servers and Desktops](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/passwordless-remote-access-to-windows-servers-and-desktops-29788.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/passwordless-remote-access-to-windows-servers/>)

Author: sakshyam.shah@goteleport.com (Sakshyam Shah)

Published: 2021-12-20T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [remote access](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/remote-access.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [rdp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rdp.md>), [remote-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-access.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vault](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vault.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how Teleport provides passwordless remote access to Windows servers and desktops through an in-browser desktop client, certificate-based authentication, SSO, and RBAC. It also introduces how Windows Remote Desktop Protocol works and discusses the security and operational drawbacks of password-based access.

## Source excerpt

Learn how Teleport implements an in-browser desktop client and certificate-based authentication that allows passwordless access to Windows Servers and Desktops.