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Windows has an RDP server installed by default so any Linux RDP client will work (Remmina for example), just need to configure Windows to allow those incoming connections.
But RDP won't do screen-sharing, if you need that specifically look at installing a VNC server onto the Windows system, or look at stuff like Rustdesk.
if you need those connections to be more secure you'll want to look at adding VPN or SSH possibly.
For what it's worth Windows does sort of have a RDP screen sharing feature, I think it comes up as Quick Assist on Windows, but that works through Microsoft Account / servers and wouldn't do connections from Linux AFAIK.
It's worth pointing out that Home editions of Windows don't allow you to enable the RDP server without doing some janky stuff.