Kings County
Mobile & Remote Desktop
Technology
Jody McCrone
Reah Tibayan
Kings County
Mobile & Remote Desktop
Technology
Kings County have approved and tested following
mobile devices for work use (email, county
application and network access)
iPad Mini\iPad
Samsung Galaxy Tab
Microsoft Surface Pro
Asus and Dell tablets
iPhone
Kings County
Mobile & Remote Desktop
Technology
CWS afterhours workers currently use laptop with
aircard for internet access
Laptop devices uses Netmotion application to establish
secured connection to the county
CPS\APS\IHSS workers phone have recently been
updated to an iPhone with county email access for
effective communication when working offsite
Surface Pro
Remote Desktop Technology
Benefits of Surface Pro:
Mobility
Laptop in tablet form
Boot time is remarkably fast
Compatible with Windows environment and most
office applications
Compact and lightweight device
Kings County Policies and
Configurations for Surface Pro
VPN access agreement need to be signed by user
approved by Department head prior granting access
User had options to use CWS web access using token
or RDP to workstation to use CWS CMS application
Hotspot device with secured connection setup
provided with Surface Pro. It also allows multiple
devices connected to the same wifi.
Kings County Policies and
Configurations for Surface Pro
Surface Pro device is managed by County using GPO’s
and Scriptlogic
Antivirus and Cisco Iron Port for Outlook installed on
the device
County credentials required to login (Surface Pro, VPN,
RDP)
CWS workstations are encrypted (McAfee Agent)
Users are only allowed to RDP to their assigned
workstation
• Login to device using domain credentials
• Connect to Wi-Fi
• Connect to VPN (domain login)
• Internet connection will show limited once VPN
connection is established
• Connect to workstation using RDP
• Connect to workstation using RDP
• RDP connection requires domain login
• Once logged in users can now access County network
drives and CWS CMS application