1. In a networked computing system, a method for providing, by a remote machine, access to a desk band associated with a resource executing on a local machine, the method comprising: (a) receiving, by a first agent executing on a remote machine, an identification of a desk band associated with a resource provided by a local machine; (b) maintaining, by the first agent, in communication with a shell executing on the remote machine, a taskbar window in a desktop environment on the remote machine, the taskbar window including at least one window associated with a resource provided by the remote machine and including a window region representing the desk band by using graphical data stored on the remote machine; and (c) transmitting, by the first agent, to a second agent executing on the local machine, window attribute data and output data associated with the taskbar window in the desktop environment on the remote machine; and (d) displaying, by the second agent executing on the local machine, at least a portion of the received output data in a local window on a desktop environment on the local machine.