# Welcome
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 AWS Systems Manager GUI Connect, a component of Fleet Manager, lets you connect to your Window Server-type Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). GUI Connect, which is powered by [Amazon DCV](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/dcv/latest/adminguide/what-is-dcv.html), provides you with secure connectivity to your Windows Server instances directly from the Systems Manager console. You can have up to four simultaneous connections in a single browser window. In the console, GUI Connect is also referred to as Fleet Manager Remote Desktop.

This reference is intended to be used with the [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/). To get started, see the following user guide topics:
+  [Setting up AWS Systems Manager](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/systems-manager-setting-up.html) 
+  [Connect to a Windows Server managed instance using Remote Desktop](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/fleet-rdp.html) 

This document was last published on April 18, 2026.