How to change Port Number for Remote Desktop

Some time, you may need to consider to change the Port Number for Remote Desktop especially for your Windows Server. It is pretty straight forward, just follow the steps below:

Mission: Change the Remote Desktop Port Number to 8899.

1.) Open Registry Editor.

Enter "regedit" in Command Prompt or Program Launch Bar, you should see the screen below:

2.) Look for the Port Number setting.

On the left section, browse to
> Computer
->  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
--> System
---> CurrentControlSet
----> Control
-----> TerminalServer
------> WinStations
-------> RDP-Tcp

Then search for "PortNumber" on the right section and double-click on it.

3.) Change the value.

In our example, we try to change the PortNumber to 8899, remember to select "Decimal" under Base, before you key in the value 8899 in "Value data" column.

4.) Remote to the PC/Server with different port number.

Launch Remote Desktop Connection, under the "Computer" column, key in the IP of the computer and follow by colon and the port number you newly changed. Example, if the IP of the computer you trying to connect is "192.168.1.8", then you should key in "192.168.1.8:8899".

Hope this helps.