How do i troubleshoot sharing outside my home network?

I have four Macs - iMac20, iMac27, Mac Mini and a MacBookPro.
I have no trouble connecting and sharing data and screens between these machines when I'm at home on my home network,
but when I'm at work and I want to connect from my MacBook Pro to my MacMini, the MacMini machine does not appear in Finder.  The iMac20, and iMac27 are both visible and accessible.
I've checked all my setting on all machines that they all appear to be identical.  I have defined the same user name on each machine and the password is the same.
Help would be appreciated.
TIA
JP

Figured it out.
I neglected to have my "Back To My Mac" option enabled on my MacMini - iCloud.
Now able to share as desired.
-JP

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