Remote Access Versus Remote Control

The distinctions between remote access and remote control solutions are the following:

• The remote access server is a software-based multi-protocol router; remote control solutions work by sharing screen, keyboard, and mouse over the remote link. In remote access, the applications are run on the remote access client computer.
• In a remote control solution, users share a CPU or multiple CPUs on the server. In remote control, the applications are run on the server. The remote access server's CPU is dedicated to facilitating communications between remote access clients and network resources, not to running applications.

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