The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Remote Desktop Connection on Windows 8. I have placed this list here primarily for myself, but it may be helpful to other developers using Remote Desktop and/or Hyper-V when developing software.
| Press this key | To do this |
| Alt+Page Up | Move between apps from left to right |
| Alt+Page Down | Move between apps from right to left |
| Alt+Insert | Cycle through apps in the order that they were started |
| Alt+Home | Display the Start screen |
| Ctrl+Alt+Break | Switch between a window and full screen |
| Ctrl+Alt+End | Display the Windows Security dialog box |
| Ctrl+Alt+Home | In full-screen mode, activate the connection bar |
| Alt+Delete | Display the system menu |
| Ctrl+Alt+minus (-) on the numeric keypad | Place a copy of the active window, within the client, on the Terminal server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing Alt+Print Screen on a local PC) |
| Ctrl+Alt+plus (+) on the numeric keypad | Place a copy of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing Print Screen on a local PC) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Right arrow | “Tab” out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host app (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) app. |
| Ctrl+Alt+Left arrow | “Tab” out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host app (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) app. |
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