Streaming RemoteDesktops via images

Bob Craven posted a series of blogs in 2009 that provide a very nice solution for streaming RemoteDesktops (and probably applications).

Here is how he does it:

• take fast screenshots of the desktop
• figure out what part of the image changed (when compared with the previous one)
• share that image via WCF
• push that info to clients

He has a PoC using both a Windows app and ASP.NET app (yes, streaming over the web :) )

Here are his amazing posts on this topic:

• Create a Remote Desktop Viewer using C# and WCF 
• Multiple Remote Desktop Viewer (C# / WCF) (code http://bobcravens.com/files/RemoteDesktop.zip)
• Monitor Multiple Computers Remotely Using ASP.NET MVC (code: http://bobcravens.com/files/MonitoringStation.zip )
• Browse Files On Remote Computers 

Note: on the topic of remote access this VNC# client library seems quite powerful