Microsoft on Thursday released an official Remote Desktop application for Android, iPhone and iPad, giving Windows users the ability to access their Windows machine on the go.

Apple store:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id714464092?mt=8

Android store:  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.rdc.android&hl=en

Microsoft Remote Desktop is a free application available on the iOS App Store or Google Play,.. compatible with both iPhone and iPad. It’s a 12.6-megabyte download that requires iOS 6.0 or later.

According to Microsoft, the new application offers access to a Windows PC with RemoteFX. Features of the software include:

• Access to remote resources through the Remote Desktop Gateway
• Rich multi-touch experience with remote desktop protocol (RDP) and RemoteFX supporting Windows gestures
• Secure connection to your data and applications with breakthrough Network Layer Authentication (NLA) technology
• Simple management of all remote connections from the connection center
• High quality video and sound streaming with improved compression and bandwidth usage
• Easy connection to external monitors or projectors for presentations