# Connection broker

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In [software engineering](/source/Software_engineering), a **connection broker** is a resource manager that manages a pool of connections to connection-based resources such as [databases](/source/Database) or [remote desktops](/source/Remote_desktop), enabling rapid reuse of these connections by short-lived processes without the overhead of setting up a new connection each time.

Connection brokers are often used in systems using [N-tier architectures](/source/N-tier_architecture).

[1] A remote desktop connection broker is software that allows clients to access various types of server-hosted desktops and applications. In hosted desktop environments, the remote desktop connection broker is the “middle” component, in-between the desktops in the data center (hosted virtual machines, shared [terminal server desktops](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_Services), and blades) and the clients that are used to access the desktops (thin clients, soft clients, and mobile devices, among others).

Remote desktop connection brokers perform a variety of tasks, including:

- Checking user credentials.

- Assigning users to remote desktops.

- Turning remote desktops on and off as needed.

- [Load balancing](/source/Load_balancing_(computing)) the servers that host the desktops.

- Managing desktop images.

- Redirecting multimedia processing to the client.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["What is remote desktop connection broker? - Definition from WhatIs.com"](https://searchvirtualdesktop.techtarget.com/definition/remote-desktop-connection-broker). *SearchVirtualDesktop*. Retrieved 2019-06-20.

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