In an example in accordance with the present disclosure, a computing device is described. The computing device includes a processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor and storing executable instructions. The instructions, when executed cause the processor to run a connection broker module to assign a host device to a remote device for a remote desktop connection. The host device is assigned from a pool of host devices available to host the remote desktop connection. The instructions, when executed cause the processor to run a remote desktop module to establish the remote desktop connection between the host device and the remote device. The instructions, when executed cause the processor to establish a communication channel between the connection broker module and the remote desktop module to exchange messages associated with the remote desktop connection.