Jul 31, 2007 Today Microsoft released a beta version of the RDP v6 client for Mac OSX. (Available via Microsoft Connect.) It follows the Mac version trail and is being called the “Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac 2.0,” but it's built around Version 6 of the RDP protocol used by Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Microsoft today announced the preview availability of a new version of its Remote Desktop app for Mac, which gives people the ability to access applications and data on other computers.
The app is a revamp of the Remote Desktop app currently available in the Mac App Store. The new one is available through HockeyApp.
New features include centralized management of user accounts that can each be used across multiple desktops, as well as the ability to copy, cut, and paste data in remote desktop sessions, as Ayesha Mascarenhas of Microsoft’s Remote Desktop team wrote in a blog post on the news today.
Microsoft Remote Desktop for Windows Phone came out of preview in April. The app is still in preview for Windows 10. Microsoft also has remote desktop applications for Windows 8.1, iOS, and Android.
Google, meanwhile, has its own remote desktop tools, allowing you to share devices like ChromeBooks.
Microsoft intends to keep improving its new Remote Desktop app for Mac.
“Keep an eye out for future updates where we will add additional features and experiences including support for Multiple monitors, Clipboard redirection, Remote Desktop Gateway, Remote Resources (RemoteApp and Desktop Connections), and Azure RemoteApp preview,” Mascarenhas wrote.
-->Applies To: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016
You can use the Remote Desktop client for Mac to work with Windows apps, resources, and desktops from your Mac computer. Use the following information to get started - and check out the FAQ if you have questions.
Note
Follow these steps to get started with Remote Desktop on your Mac:
We're testing new features on our preview channel on AppCenter. Want to check it out? Go to Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac and click Download. You don't need to create an account or sign into AppCenter to download the beta client.
If you already have the client, you can check for updates to ensure you have the latest version. In the beta client, click Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta at the top, and then click Check for updates.
To create a remote desktop connection:
In the Connection Center, click +, and then click Desktop.
Enter the following information:
You can also set these optional settings for the connection:
Click Save.
To start the connection, just double-click it. The same is true for remote resources.
You can export a remote desktop connection definition and use it on a different device. Remote desktops are saved in separate .RDP files.
Use the following steps to import a remote desktop .RDP file.
Remote resources are RemoteApp programs, session-based desktops, and virtual desktops published using RemoteApp and Desktop Connections.
To add a remote resource:
The remote resources will be displayed in the Connection Center.
A Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) lets you connect to a remote computer on a corporate network from anywhere on the Internet. You can create and manage your gateways in the preferences of the app or while setting up a new desktop connection.
To set up a new gateway in preferences:
When you connect to a desktop or remote resources, you can save the user accounts to select from again. You can manage your user accounts by using the Remote Desktop client.
To create a new user account:
You can specify the display resolution for the remote desktop session.
To delete the resolution, select it, and then click -.
Displays have separate spacesIf you are running Mac OS X 10.9 and disabled Displays have separate spaces in Mavericks (System Preferences > Mission Control), you need to configure this setting in the remote desktop client using the same option.
Drive redirection is supported for remote resources, so that you can save files created with a remote application locally to your Mac. The redirected folder is always your home directory displayed as a network drive in the remote session.
Note
In order to use this feature, the administrator needs to set the appropriate settings on the server.
Mac keyboard layouts differ from the Windows keyboard layouts.
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By default, the remote session will use the same keyboard locale as the OS you're running the client on. (If your Mac is running an en-us OS, that will be used for the remote sessions as well.) If the OS keyboard locale is not used, check the keyboard setting on the remote PC and change it manually. See the Remote Desktop Client FAQ for more information about keyboards and locales.
Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced support for a new authentication method, Remote Desktop Gateway pluggable authentication and authorization, which provides more flexibility for custom authentication routines. You can now try this authentication model with the Mac client.
Important
Custom authentication and authorization models before Windows 8.1 are not supported, although the article above discusses them.
To learn more about this feature, check out https://aka.ms/paa-sample.
Tip
Questions and comments are always welcome. However, please do NOT post a request for troubleshooting help by using the comment feature at the end of this article. Instead, go to the Remote Desktop client forum and start a new thread. Have a feature suggestion? Tell us in the client user voice forum.