A system and method of implementing a virtual channel virtual private network is disclosed. In one embodiment, a remote desktop protocol (RDP) client is connected to a RDP server. The RDP client requests a virtual connection to a first computing device. A virtual channel for the RDP connection is created. A client application or client gateway is bound to the first virtual channel at the RDP client. The RDP server establishes a connection to a server application or a server gateway, and binds the connection to the first virtual channel.