Re: Microsoft Remote Desktop For Mac Instructions
Nadia Grubb
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.
I have installed LogMeIn Hamachi on my work laptop and on my home NAS (both Windows 10). I installed it on the remote machine (home NAS) via RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) and was able to connect LogMeIn Hamachi (LMIH) and transfer data without issue. I then started a backup and closed RDC and then lost the LMIH connection. I re-connected via RDC and the LMIH connected was restored. I verified this happens every time without exception in my estimate of 7-10 attempts.
I serached this forum/community and found some issues that seem to be the opposite of mine, where LMIH would DIS-connect when RDC was established, but none with a similar problem to mine. I also found a topic posted about Windows 10 Installing over RDC would not work because it did not create all of the necessary installation, but I do not think I have that issue since I can in fact connect LMIH, just only when RDC is established. I will not be able to do a re-install while physically at the home NAS machine for a few days.
Historically when installed via RDP, and not a desktop screen sharing app such as GoToMyPC, then the Hamachi software gets stuck on the virtual desktop, and will only run when that same virtual desktop sharing session is in progress. Hopefully this makes sense! You'll definitely resolve the conflict if you can install when physically in front of the client.
@AshC - thanks for the quick reply. I uninstalled Hamachi and reinstalled while physically in front of the Home NAS machine, then started Hamachi and "powered on" to connect. I then went to work and was still only able to connect with RDC also connected, and had the same disconnect when closing RDC. Is there something I am missing or anything else I can check?
Just some thoughts I have had sinec posting - Might I need to open and port forward a specific port or ports? I have not configured anything in Windows Firewall or with my router, all the Hamachi Install instructions that I saw never mentioned having to do any of this.
If you need to use a remote computer lab, your instructor will list web addresses on your D2L course site. (Learn more about D2L.) Be sure to use the web address for connecting to remote computers via desktop application. Connecting via web browser uses a different web address.
A remote desktop application allow access to a computer from a different computer, usually one that is in a completely different physical location. This method is recommended only as a last resort, especially if there is an application or data on one's work computer with no other way to access. In all other cases, access should be by way of the virtual lab environment.
Microsoft Remote Desktop, a free application from Microsoft, allows you to use a Mac laptop or desktop to connect to and work from a Windows desktop computer that you have RDP access to in your on-campus office or lab. If you aren't sure whether you have RDP access to a certain machine, feel free to check with ECN via our Trouble Report System:
Put simply, Microsoft Remote Desktop from a laptop or a home computer makes it as if you're sitting at the desk in your office using your computer's keyboard and mouse -- even if you're two buildings, two miles, or two continents away.
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