Archived post: posted sometime between 2016 and 2022.

Copy large files over a Windows Remote Desktop Connection from a terminal.

I find it most convenient to use tsclient .

First, enable Drive Redirection.

  1. Right click on the RDP file.
  2. Go to the Local Resource Tab.
  3. Click More... .
  4. Choose Drive > OS (C:)

Next, Connect to the remote server and use the tsclient e.g., like this:

$ xcopy C:\tmp\my-large-file.csv \\tsclient\C\dev

See https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/3eeb41aa-2200-4b8f-95d1-f5f7ab2122c4