Working remotely: Remote Desktop Connection

Riga Stradiņš University (hereinafter RSU) provides the option to work remotely. You can connect from home devices (personal laptops, PCs) to your Work Computer. To do this, you need to write an Service requestto itrsu[pnkts]lv or submit request to RSU Help desk, justifying that you want to access your workstation from your home computer and you need a VPN configuration. Read below how to connect to your workstation. 

make a remote appointment to configure vpn

How can I work remotely more effectively?

1. Create a ritual to meet at a specific time. To maintain a sense of presence with your colleagues, hold regular meetings - whether they are every morning or every day at 13:00, where everyone share their to-do tasks.
2. For more effective communication with other RSU employees, use Microsoft Teams, where you can view other colleagues' calendars, create group chats, share and edit files online, meetings. Microsoft Teams is applicable also on tablets and phones.
3. Create new habit to join the meeting at least 5 minutes earlier, where you can also check the audio and video settings. On top of that, make sure you have good headphones.
4. With MS Teams, it is possible to supress noise. To enable it, click on your profile icon in the top of right corner, then go to Settings → Devices → Noise Suppression and select High.
5. Think of alternative solutions (join the meeting from a phone or other device where MS Teams have already been installed) if technical reasons make it impossible to join a meeting from your computer (for example, postponed updates prevent your computer from running at an appropriate speed). 
6. Use the camera during meetings in order to feel the presence with other colleagues better.
7. Always check your internet connection. If you know that you will have a meeting at a certain time, take care of a stable Internet connection.
8. Word, Excel, etc. Save documents to OneDrive Cloud so they can be accessed from any device and shared for editing with other colleagues. Documents will be stored in the cloud if you choose OneDrive in the save step.

9. Make sure you have appropriate table and a comfortable chair.

What are the benefits of connecting to your work computer remotely?

Once you connect to your work computer,  it's easier to manage your files, because everything is in one place, not in several devices as well as the ability to access the H: disc.