Remote Desktop Connection Azure

If you join a Windows 10 PC to Azure AD and then try and login to that PC over remote desktop you are in for a barrel of laughs! Or not!

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The way to get it to work is as follows:

Ensure that Windows 10 PC is running Version 1511 or later (type WinVer from the Run dialog)
Ensure the target PC is enabled for Remote Desktop
Ensure the Network Level Authentication is disabled
Run MSTSC on your PC (the source) and enter the target PN name, your username (email address) and click Save As (which you will find under “Show Options”):
Close the Remote Desktop Connection window without connecting.
Open the saved RDP file in Notepad
Add the following to the bottom of the text in Notepad as shows:

Connect to the RDS deployment as an administrator and change the RD Gateway server name for the deployment. This configuration ensures that connections go through the Azure AD Application Proxy service. Connect to the RDS server running the RD Connection Broker role. Launch Server Manager. Select Remote Desktop Services from the pane on the left. Dec 16, 2020 In this azure tutorial, we will discuss how to fix the error, Cannot Update Remote Desktop Connection Settings For Administrator Account while trying to reset the Azure Virtual Machine Password in the Azure Portal. Cannot Update Remote Desktop Connection Settings For Administrator Account Recently, I was trying to access my Azure Virtual. Remote Desktop can't connect to the remote computer for one of these reasons: 1) Remote access to the service is not enabled 2) The remote computer is turned off Verified through the Azure Portal it is turned on because Start is faded, while Restart and Stop are not 3) The remote.

enablecredsspsupport:i:0

In Notepad this appears as:
Save the RDP file and then double-click it to connect. You will now be able to login with your AzureAD account over Remote Desktop
If you cannot login, check the alternative name that your device uses for your user account. On the AzureAD joined computer, logged in as the target user, run “whoami” from the command line. It will report something like AzureADfirstlast. You could try that value (both AzureAD and the name) as your username.

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Since everyone started working remotely, I've personally needed to Remote Desktop into more computers lately than ever before. More this week than in the previous decade.

I wrote recently about to How to remote desktop fullscreen RDP with just SOME of your multiple monitors which is super useful if you have, say, 3 monitors, and you only want to use 2 and 3 for Remote Desktop and reserve #1 for your local machine, email, etc.

IMHO, the Remote Desktop Connection app is woefully old and kinda Windows XP-like in its style.

There is a Windows Store Remote Desktop app at https://aka.ms/urdc and even a Remote Desktop Assistant at https://aka.ms/RDSetup that can help set up older machines (earlier than Windows 10 version 1709 (I had no idea this existed!)

The Windows Store version is nicer looking and more modern, but I can't figure out how to get it to Remote into an Azure Active Directory (AzureAD) joined computer. I don't see if it's even possible with the Windows Store app. Let me know if you know how!

So, back to the old Remote Desktop Connection app. Turns out for whatever reason, you need to save the RDP file and open it in a text editor.

Add these two lines at the end (three if you want to save your username, then include the first line there)

Note that you have to use the style .AzureADemail@domain.com

The leading .AzureAD is needed - that was the magic in front of my email for login. Then enablecredsspsupport along with authentication level 2 (settings that aren't exposed in the UI) was the final missing piece.

Add those two lines to the RDP text file and then open it with Remote Desktop Connection and you're set! Again, make sure you have the email prefix.

The Future?

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Given that the client is smart enough to show an error from the remote machine that it's Azure AD enabled, IMHO this should Just Work.

More over, so should the Microsoft Store Remote Desktop client. It's beyond time for a refresh of these apps.

NOTE: Oddly there is another app called the Windows Desktop Client that does some of these things, but not others. It allows you to access machines your administrators have given you access to but doesn't allow you (a Dev or Prosumer) to connect to arbitrary machine. So it's not useful to me.

There needs to be one Ultimate Remote Windows Desktop Client that lets me connect to all flavors of Windows machines from anywhere, is smart about DPI and 4k monitors, remotes my audio optionally, and works for everything from AzureAD to old school Domains.

Between these three apps there's a Venn Diagram of functionality but there's nothing with the Union of them all. Yet.

Until then, I'm editing RDP files which is a bummer, but I'm unblocked, which is awesome.

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