I've been trying for way too many hours now to get a similar remote desktop experience as Windows -> Windows, but on Windows -> macOS. As far as I know from my testing, I need to use VNC if I want to mirror the exact configuration of the host (1 monitor = 1 monitor gets mirrored), and RDP if I want something else (like "fake virtual screens").
My Windows setup consists of 3 monitors. My Windows laptop has 1 monitor (built-in). When I use the RDP client in Windows on my main PC and I connect to my Windows laptop, it acts exactly like if I connect the 3 monitors to the laptop directly. If I right click on my desktop and pick Display settings, it actually shows 3 monitors connected, even though the laptop only has 1.
If I instead use VNC Viewer, Remotix, NoMachine, and programs like that, and I connect my main PC with 3 monitors to my MacBook Pro, I can only see 1 monitor/screen. The resolution is 2880x1800, which matches the MacBook's resolution.
What is the difference between all of these different protocols? I've read about VNC, RDP, NX, and probably a few others, but I haven't been able to find the exact search term, that allows me to find a macOS program, that allows it to create "fake virtual displays", like Windows essentially does.
My guess would be RDP, as that's what Windows uses, but I haven't found a single software on macOS that claims it can create "fake virtual displays".
NoMachine has a feature where it can span the host display(s) across the guest's displays, but by enabling that, it just spanned a single 2880x1800 screen across my 3 monitors, which essentially means I would have to plug in 3 identical monitors to my MacBook, if I wanted the same experience on my Windows PC.
