1 Introduction

This document describes the Remote Assistance Protocol. This protocol is used after a Remote Assistance connection is established between two computers. The protocol used to establish the Remote Assistance connection is specified in [MS-RAI]. After the Remote Assistance connection is established, this protocol is used to support communications and control between the two computers. The functions supported by the Remote Assistance Protocol are session initialization, file transfer, chat (text message exchange), share control, and Voice-over-IP (VoIP) control.

Sections 1.5, 1.8, 1.9, 2, and 3 of this specification are normative. All other sections and examples in this specification are informative.