Windows remote desktop through NAT

Question

I just setup remote desktop to my Windows server 2012 R2. Thi works great from LAN. How can I setup remote desktop from outside of the LAN. I have tried NAT like this:

192.168.1.200 = windows server's IP

192.168.1.200:80 -->> my_public_IP:10200

when I want connect to it like this, it doesn't work. Maybe other local port..?

Solution

Windows vista onwards provides secure RDP connectivity over IPv6 without port forwarding configuration on NAT. This feature is called WICN & it gives a unique name to your computer using which you can directly RDP to the machine. Please check the below link to enable & use it: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727045.aspx