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That is one of the extensions, in theory others could be built. RemoteFX is an extension as is the (more normal today) Desktop Composition Extension.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocol...



The Desktop Composition extension was never used in practice, check the date on the spec - the last update was in 2017. I don't know the whole story behind the scenes but the feature got pulled early.


Possibly a patent threat.




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