{"id":906,"date":"2019-06-11T05:57:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T05:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/?p=906"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:58:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:58:08","slug":"how-does-cloud-computing-differ-from-remote-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/how-does-cloud-computing-differ-from-remote-access","title":{"rendered":"How Does Cloud Computing Differ From Remote Access?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Cloud Remote Desktop<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The cloud is not a replacement for <a href=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/remote-access-technology.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>remote access technology<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/what-is-remote-access-software.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>remote access software<\/strong><\/a> isn&#8217;t the same thing as moving your IT environment to the cloud. &#8230; With <a href=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/remote-desktop-software.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>remote <\/strong><strong>desktop <\/strong><strong>software<\/strong>,<\/a> you can access a specific desktop, the files, the applications, and everything else related to that desktop from a remote location.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Features: <a href=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/remote-desktop-access-software.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Remote Desktop Access<\/a> Vs Cloud Computing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Features of Remote Desktop Access<\/th>\n<th>Features of Cloud Computing<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Unattended Access<\/td>\n<td>On-demand Self Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Built-in Chat for Instant Support<\/td>\n<td>Broad Network Access<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Multi-Window Control<\/td>\n<td>Resource Pooling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Auto Reboot and Reconnect<\/td>\n<td>Quick Elasticity<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Two Way Desktop Sharing<\/td>\n<td>Measured Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>Advantages<\/strong>: Remote Access Vs Cloud Computing<\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Advantages of Remote Access Desktop<\/th>\n<th>Advantages of Cloud Computing<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Security<\/td>\n<td>Economical<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Flexibility<\/td>\n<td>Reliability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lower Costs<\/td>\n<td>Manageability<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Disadvantages of Remote Access Desktop<\/th>\n<th>Disadvantages of Cloud Computing<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Internet Connectivity<\/td>\n<td>Network dependency<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lower Bandwidth<\/td>\n<td>Downtime Network inaccessibility<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Remote Desktop Service Monitoring<\/td>\n<td>Security Issues<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>How Secure it is: Remote Desktop Access Vs Cloud Computing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>How secure is Remote Desktop Access<\/th>\n<th>Downtime Network inaccessibility<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sessions through Secure Remote Desktop is encrypted to deny suspicious hackers from viewing the session that goes to and from the network.<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Produces high levels of security, however, it requires additional support and advice from an IT consulting firm. If not for that extra support and assistance, businesses can become an easy target of exploitation to the hackers.<\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/dl.ra.itarian.com\/ITarianRemoteAccessSetup.exe\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-750 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Instant-remote-access.png\" alt=\"cloud remote desktop\" width=\"735\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Instant-remote-access.png 735w, https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Instant-remote-access-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Instant-remote-access-115x59.png 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/what-is-remote-access.php\">what is remote access?<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/free-instant-remote-access.php\">instant remote access<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/free-remote-computer-access.php\">free remote access<\/a> || <a href=\"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/best-free-remote-access-software.php\">Free Remote Access Software<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cloud Remote Desktop The cloud is not a replacement for remote access technology and remote&#8230;..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[21,16,66],"class_list":["post-906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-remote-access","tag-access","tag-remote","tag-remote-access-software"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11642,"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906\/revisions\/11642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/remoteaccess.itarian.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}