Microsoft has released a collection of articles on TechNet that will help you get started with using Remote Desktop on your mobile device.
Remote Desktop Client for Android
Remote Desktop Client for Windows
Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn473009.aspx
An overview with the download links for Microsoft's RDP clients for MacOS, iOS and Android:
MacOS: https://t.co/NSHPFq5AgJ
Android: https://t.co/FvwpdOPboo
Last week Microsoft announced the upcoming RDP clients for iOS, OSX and android. Also see Microsoft to introduce Remote Desktop app for iOS, OS X and Android!
The RDP client for iOS is now available and can be downloaded from the store. This blog post is a first glance at the client.
A server URL can be specified
And a RD gateway server can be specified as well
The client can also be used to retrieve resources by specifying a URL, this the same (RD Web Access) url that is used by the Control Panel RADC applet as well as the Modern UI Remote Desktop client.
After logging we have a RDP session available (in my case on an i-Phone)
Which also contains a on screen keyboard
I’ll write a more detailed blog post once I;ve had a chance to play with it some more. But so far, it looks great!
Yesterday a big announcement has been made in the Microsoft Desktop Virtualization space! With the upcoming release of Windows Server 2012 R2, Microsoft will introduce their Remote Desktop Client for iOS, OS X and Android!
In the past this has always been in the top 3 of subjects of discussion at every TechEd, MVP Summit etc. Before this announcement, Microsoft's answer has always been, we provide a great RDP client for the Windows platform and leave space for our partners to create RDP clients for other platforms. The ability to allow users to connect to your RDS environment with non-Windows clients has also been subject of discussion in every RDS project I perform for customers. To be able to allow non-Windows clients and still allow management (and not have to deal with dozens of different RDP clients) in some cases resulted in adding suites like vWorkspace, Citrix etc. to the RDS environment just to be able to have a managed RDP client for different platforms. As much as I agree that these suites add great value, some (smaller) environments simply didn’t need all that extra functionality and could easily run without it. This announcement is a big step to further allow a BYOD policy on Microsoft-only Desktop Virtualization solutions! More info will follow soon!
“…Further, with Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft is introducing the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, available for download in application stores later this month, to provide easy access to PCs and virtual desktops on a variety of devices and platforms, including Windows, Windows RT, iOS, OS X and Android…”
Source: This announcement was part of the overall announcements you can read here:
”Microsoft unleashes fall wave of enterprise cloud solutions.”
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/news/press/2013/oct13/10-07hybridcloudpr.aspx
Thanks Microsoft and everyone who made this possible!
“…Dear Freek Berson,
Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2013 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Remote Desktop Services technical communities during the past year…”
New KB article (2891541) related to migrating Windows Server 2008 (R2) VDI VM’s to Windows Server 2012.
“…Consider the following scenario:
Connection processing has been canceled. Try connecting again, or contact your network administrator…”
“…The problem occurs because Windows Server 2012 VDI virtual machines add a Remote Desktop Virtualization (RDV) device that does not exist in virtual machines that are not created by using Windows Server 2012. Without this device, the VDI RDP client cannot connect to the virtual machines, and the connections hangs…”
“…To work around this problem, re-create the virtual machines in Windows Server 2012 and copy over the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) instead of exporting and importing the virtual machines…”
Source: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2891541/en-us?sd=rss&spid=16526
Microsoft put out a new Reference Architecture Guide on running RDS (Session-Based) in Windows Azure. Download it here!
Also see my earlier posts on RDS in Azure related to this Reference Architecture Guide:
Running Dell vWorkspace in Windows Azure
and
Load balancing Remote Desktop Services Web Access & Gateway with KEMP Load Master for Azure
“…Summary: This document defines a set of architectural blocks for using Windows Azure Virtual Machines to create multitenant, hosted Windows desktop and application services, referred to in this document as “desktop hosting.” The primary goal is to enable hosting providers to create secure, scalable, and reliable desktop hosting solution offers for small- and medium-sized organizations with up to 1,500 users. The intended audience for this reference architecture is hosting providers who want to leverage Windows Azure infrastructure services to deliver desktop hosting services and Subscriber Access Licenses (SALs) to multiple tenants via the Microsoft Service Provider Licensing Agreement (SPLA) program. To deliver a desktop hosting solution via Microsoft’s SPLA program, hosting partners leverage Windows Server and the Windows Desktop Experience feature to deliver Windows users an application experience that is familiar to business users and consumers. Although Windows 8, Windows 7, and earlier Windows client versions are not licensed for SPLA, the Desktop Experience feature in Windows Server 2012 provides a similar user experience and application support.
Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/dn451351.aspx
