How to Access Work Server from Home Easily

Why access the work server from home?

In daily work, especially for some information technology workers, their work is closely bound up with the work server. They need to access the server and get the indispensable files or data. If you need to work at home to deal with some work that you didn’t finish in your company and you need some data from the work server, how to access the work server to get the data you need?

Two methods to access work sever from home

Generally speaking, work server computer doesn’t connect to the Internet, it can only be visited by the computers which are in the same local area network (LAN). But your company computer can be visited both Internet and LAN. To connect to the work server, you can connect your home computer to your company computer first, and then control your company computer to access the work server through Remote Desktop Connection. Here are two free remote access applications which can help you connect your home computer to your company computer.

How to use AnyViewer to remotely access server at work  from home

AnyViewer is free third-party remote access software that can help you remotely control another computer. This clean interface and easy-to-use interface are highly praised by users. Download it and follow the listed steps；

To connect to a remote computer from an iOS/Android device, you can download AnyViewer for iOS/Android.

Step 1. Install and launch the remote connection software on the host computer (the remote computer) and the client computer.

Step 2. Sign up for an AnyViewer account and log in to the same account on the two computers. After login, the PC will be assigned to the account automatically. 

Step 3. On your local computer, click "Device", right-click the PC that you need to access, and choose "One-click control". Then, you can connect to the remote computer.

Note: You have to change some system settings to make sure your company computer doesn’t go to sleep.

Press Windows key and R to open Run box, and type “control panel”. Finding Power Options setting and click “Change when the computer sleeps” on the left side of the window. At the “Put the computer to sleep” select box, select ”Never” and save those changes.

How to access work server from home using Chrome Remote Desktop

Chrome Remote Desktop can be seen as an extension of the Chrome browser, which helps you access another computer with multiple devices. As long as you install a Chrome browser and log in to a Google account on your computer, you can use the remote access feature. 

Step 1. On the host computer and the client computer, open Chrome browser,  go to Chrome Remote Desktop and click the download icon to install Chrome Remote Desktop. 

Step 2. After you install Chrome Remote Desktop, you have to set a name and a PIN for the company computer to access it from your home device.

Step 3. On your company computer, you should first click "Remote Support", click "Generate Code" in the remote computer window, and send the access code to your home device.

Step 4. On your home device, you should type the access code and click "Connect".

Step 5. After you successfully access your company computer from your home, control the company computer to access the work server through the Remote Desktop Connection with the steps aforementioned.

Conclusion 

This post introduces two methods to access work server from home, as it’s very difficult to straightly access the LAN network from the Internet, you can try to use a third-party remote access application to connect to your company computer first, and connect to work server through this company computer for both of them are in the same LAN.