RemoteFX will also toggle between UDP (User Datagram Protocol) and TCP, based on what's best at any given point, and automatically detect the network and connect the client device to it, whereas before end users had to do that manually.

Other improvements include a simplified process for end users to find remote workspaces on Windows Server 2012 using only their e-mail address, as opposed to having to enter a long URL. In addition to IE, Remote Desktop Web Access will also work with Chrome, Firefox and Safari.

Also new is the support for touch-based commands, like pinch and zoom, between the client device and the host, in scenarios where the client device uses a touch interface, like tablets.

In the second area of improvement -- infrastructure simplification and cost reduction of deployments -- RDS in Windows Server 2012 features the ability to consolidate on a single virtual entity multiple virtual machines, allowing IT departments to provide a desktop to multiple users without having to maintain a full operating system for each.

In this scenario, which Microsoft calls "pooled virtual desktop collection," Windows Server 2012 will also have a feature called User Profile Disk, which, despite the consolidation of multiple devices on a single virtual entity, makes it possible for each user to have personal documents, settings and configurations.