Thank you to everyone who responded, I really appreciate all the advice!

I have now moved my Desktop PC back to the office and using a laptop at home to connect to it via RDC.

I've heard from a couple of people who were also experiencing a hard freeze on their RDC. Rick Umble sent along this forum post as a potential solution.

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7368be0d-318d-40d5-94c6-817ff5b739d6/windows-10-freezes-after-successful-remote-desktop-connection-is-established?forum=win10itprogeneral

I will send your comments to IT and see what changes can be made.

Thank you again! This group is the greatest! :)

Alina

From: Northeast Arc Users Group <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Alina Taus
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Subject: Slow ArcGIS connection across VPN

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Hello,

Like many people nowadays I find myself working from home and having to use a VPN connection to get on our network at work. Most of my work involves using ArcDesktop (v10.6.1) to directly connect to a SQL database or various file geodatabases either for editing or maintenance. I am experiencing a significant lag and was wondering if anybody has any advice on what I can do to improve my productivity and keep my sanity! Things I have tried so far:

Option 1: Use decent laptop to VPN into office network and Remote Desktop to my work PC, which at the time was still at the office. This was working ok, but I was having a lot of dropped connections, every 10-15 clicks my RDP screen would just freeze. That might have had to do with my internet or the VPN client. To fix the dropped connections IT suggested I just take my Desktop PC home and just use the VPN.

Option 2: Use VPN connection on work PC, which is now home. This is extremely slow, I waited 5 minutes for Arc to open up a map and it takes 20-30 seconds for the map to redraw.

I did find a GeoNet post about this issue but it was from 2012. The consensus was that Option 1 was the way to go. Is that still the case? Is there anything else I could do? I know I could create a checkout replica to edit locally, but I am afraid of possible crashes when trying to sync back to the SDE. I am now stuck with Option 2 but strongly considering going back to Option 1 as soon as I can get a laptop with ArcDesktop on it back into the office so I can RDP into it.

Thanks for any advice!

Alina Taus

   Alina Taus, GISP

    GIS Manager

    Greater Augusta Utility District

    12 Williams St, Augusta, ME, 04330

    Tel: (207) 622-3701 x4269

    Cell: (207) 485-7585

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