Remote Desktop Protocol 6.0 incorporates support for application-level remoting, improved security (TLS 1.0), support for connections via an SSL gateway, improved remoting of devices, support for .NET remoting including support for remoting of Windows Presentation Foundation applications, WMI scripting, 32-bit color support, dual-monitor support, Network Level Authentication and more.
Windows Vista also includes Windows Remote Management (WinRM), which is Microsoft's implementation of WS-Management standard which allows remote computers to be easily managed through a SOAP-based web service.