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Getting started with Remote Desktop on Mac

You can use the Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Mac to work with Windows apps, resources, and desktops from your Mac computer. Go to the Utilities category on the Orchard Software Centre to download and install.

Microsoft Remote Desktop

For users of Microsoft Remote Desktop Version 8, there is a simple way of exporting rdp connections out of this version to the supported version 10

Connect Remote Desktop Service

The Connect Remote Desktop Service is available for all users with a connect account. However, please ensure you have requested access via the central Service Desk as it needs to be enabled per user. Connection is only possible via the Oxford network, so please ensure you are connected to the Oxford VPN. https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/configuring-vpn-clients-on-macos

Once you are ready to connect, browse to the help.it pages for the latest gateway link and download;

https://help.it.ox.ac.uk/connect-to-remote-desktop-service#tab-2203076

Connect RDP Login

Enter your connect credentials

Connect RDP Login

You can either double-click on the downloaded connection to launch or drag the icon into Microsoft Remote Desktop PC's to save and configure further options.

Enter your connect credentials again

Connect RDP Login

You should now be faced with a Windows login

Connect RDP Login

Troubleshooting Connect Remote Desktop Service

Connect RDP Login

How to add a Remote Desktop connection

To create a remote desktop connection:

Enter the following information

You can also set a whole host of optional settings for the connection including:

To start the connection, just double-click it. The same is true for remote resources.

Export and import connections

You can export a remote desktop connection definition and use it on a different device. Remote desktops are saved as separate .RDP files

Use the following steps to import a remote desktop .RDP file.

Manage your user accounts

When connecting to a remote desktop , you can save the user accounts to select in future. You can manage your user accounts by using the Remote Desktop client.

To create a new user account:

Customise your display resolution

You can specify the display resolution for the remote desktop session.

Use a keyboard in a remote session

The standard Mac keyboard layout differs from the Windows keyboard layout.

By default, the remote session will use the same keyboard locale as the OS you're running the client on.

Orchard: ManagingMicrosoftRemoteDesktop (last edited 2021-04-13 09:19:59 by ouit0354)