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The Azure Virtual Desktop Store app for Windows is currently in PREVIEW.See the Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews for legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta, preview, or otherwise not yet released into general availability.
The Microsoft Remote Desktop client is used to connect to Azure Virtual Desktop to access your desktops and applications. This article shows you how to connect to Azure Virtual Desktop with the Remote Desktop client for Windows, which only allows you to subscribe to a feed made available to you by your organization administrators.
You can also connect to Azure Virtual Desktop with Windows App, a single app to securely connect you to Windows devices and apps from Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Microsoft Dev Box, Remote Desktop Services, and remote PCs. For more information, see What is Windows App?
Here's how to install the Remote Desktop client for Windows using the MSI installer. If you want to deploy the Remote Desktop client in an enterprise, you can use msiexec from the command line to install the MSI file. For more information, see Enterprise deployment.
If you left the box for Launch Remote Desktop when setup exits selected, the Remote Desktop client will automatically open. Alternatively to launch the client after installation, use the Start menu to search for and select Remote Desktop.
If you have the Remote Desktop client (MSI) and the Azure Virtual Desktop app from the Microsoft Store installed on the same device, you may see the message that begins A version of this application called Azure Virtual Desktop was installed from the Microsoft Store. Both apps are supported, and you have the option to choose Continue anyway, however it could be confusing to use the same remote resource across both apps. We recommend using only one version of the app at a time.
If you have the Azure Virtual Desktop app from the Microsoft Store and the Remote Desktop client (MSI) installed on the same device, you may see the message that begins A version of this application called Azure Virtual Desktop was installed from the Microsoft Store. Both apps are supported, and you have the option to choose Continue anyway, however it could be confusing to use the same remote resource across both apps. We recommend using only one version of the app at a time.
A workspace combines all the desktops and applications that have been made available to you by your admin. To be able to see these in the Remote Desktop client, you need to subscribe to the workspace by following these steps:
If you selected Subscribe, sign in with your user account when prompted, for example us...@contoso.com. After a few seconds, your workspaces should show the desktops and applications that have been made available to you by your admin.
If you see the message No workspace is associated with this email address, your admin might not have set up email discovery, or you are using an Azure environment that is not Azure cloud, such as Azure for US Government. Try the steps to Subscribe with URL instead.
If you selected Subscribe with URL, in the Email or Workspace URL box, enter the relevant URL from the following table. After a few seconds, the message We found Workspaces at the following URLs should be displayed.
Once you've subscribed to a workspace, its content will update automatically regularly and each time you start the client. Resources may be added, changed, or removed based on changes made by your admin.
A workspace combines all the desktops and applications that have been made available to you by your admin. To be able to see these in the Azure Virtual Desktop app, you need to subscribe to the workspace by following these steps:
A workspace combines all the desktops and applications that have been made available to you by your admin. To be able to see these in the Remote Desktop app, you need to subscribe to the workspace by following these steps:
In the Email or Workspace URL box, either enter your user account, for example us...@contoso.com, or the relevant URL from the following table. After a few seconds, the message We found Workspaces at the following URLs should be displayed.
If you see the message We couldn't find any Workspaces associated with this email address. Try providing a URL instead, your admin might not have set up email discovery. Use one of the following workspace URLs instead.
Double-click one of the icons to launch a session to Azure Virtual Desktop. You may be prompted to enter the password for your user account again, depending on how your admin has configured Azure Virtual Desktop.
Select one of the icons to launch a session to Azure Virtual Desktop. You may be prompted to enter the password for your user account again, depending on how your admin has configured Azure Virtual Desktop.
If you want to help us test new builds before they're released, you should download our Insider releases. Organizations can use the Insider releases to validate new versions for their users before they're generally available. For more information, see Enable Insider releases.
With Microsoft Remote Desktop clients, you can connect to Remote Desktop Services from Windows Server and remote PCs, and use and control desktops and apps that your admin has made available to you. There are clients available for many different types of devices on different platforms and form factors, such as desktops and laptops, tablets, smartphones, and through a web browser. Using your web browser on desktops and laptops, you can connect without having to download and install any software.
Some features are only available with certain clients, so it's important to check Compare the features of the Remote Desktop clients to understand the differences when connecting to Remote Desktop Services or remote PCs.
You can also use most versions of the Remote Desktop client to also connect to Azure Virtual Desktop, as well as to Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server or to a remote PC. If you want information on Azure Virtual Desktop instead, see Remote Desktop clients for Azure Virtual Desktop.
Here's a list of the Remote Desktop client apps and our documentation for connecting to Remote Desktop Services or remote PCs, where you can find download links, what's new, and learn how to install and use each client.
I am testing Remote Desktop Services in a lab environment based on Windows Server 2019 servers and Windows 10 clients.
I try to understand what can I do from a Linux client, let's say an Ubuntu box.
1 - Can I access an RDP desktop? I say yes, using remmina; is there any better solution?
2 - Can I use an .rdp file to open a RemoteApp? Maybe via xfreerdp?
3 - Can I connect to a Virtual Desktop, either pooled or private?
4 - Can I install self signed certificates created by a RD or VH server?
I am attempting to collect information from the web: is there any comprehensive document explaining features and limitations of a Linux client in a RDS implementation?
Regards
I mostly connect into my Linux machines (That have xRDP installed ) via the Microsoft RDP client on Windows 10. Going from Linux to Windows is where Microsoft developing their own client would be good (They've already got Edge and PowerShell versions/ports for Linux).
@Greg Eschinger : Thanks for the info! When your local device is not tied to the same organization as the Windows 365 Business Cloud PC, then the easiest way to connect is to add the account to the device (not "Allow my organization to manage my device"). This will work on your local Windows device running Windows 10, version 2004 or later. To do this:
This should show up the first time you login to the Microsoft Remote Desktop app for the first time with that user account. This also may be why one of your users was able to connect but another was not able to connect.
I'm having the same problem. Temporary work has been to create a local user and use that to authenticate to the computer (initially via the web client). We've had quite a few problems with azure-joined devices not working with azure ad users, so we are transitioning to using either local or domain users.
@sprintuser - First off, thanks for providing a workaround that seems to work for your scenario. If you have the time and bandwidth, I'd still suggest opening a Support Ticket through the Microsoft Admin Center so we can take a better look to prevent this workaround.
I have the same issue. Windows Cloud PC works in the browser. Works with remote desktop client on mac and ipad. Remote desktop client fails to authenticate at login on my windows 10 pro Azure domain connected primary work pc.
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