Microsoft Desktop Remote For Mac Os X



Windows has supported TLS for server authentication with RDP going back to Windows Server 2003 SP1. When connecting to a Windows PC, unless certificates have been configured, the remote PC presents a self-signed certificate, which results in a warning prompt from the Remote Desktop client. An environment with an enterprise certificate authority can enable certificate autoenrollment to enable trusted certificates on the RDP listener, thus removing the prompt. To get OS X clients to accept the certificate takes a little extra configuration not required on Windows clients.

While I may only be configuring certificates in my lab environment, there’s not much effort required to remove these certificate warnings.

Get the Remote Desktop client. Follow these steps to get started with Remote Desktop on your Mac: Download the Microsoft Remote Desktop client from the Mac App Store. Set up your PC to accept remote connections. (If you skip this step, you can't connect to your PC.) Add a Remote Desktop connection or a remote resource. Remote Desktop → Mac OS X Instructions The following page(s) contain instructions on using Remote Desktop to connect to Faculty & Staff Windows computers on the UMKC campus (from off-campus). Your campus computer must be powered on to receive connections.

Client Warnings for Untrusted Certificates

Here are the client certificate warnings on various Microsoft Remote Desktop clients, including OS X. First up the original Remote Desktop Connection (mstsc) on Windows:

The new Remote Desktop Universal app on Windows 10:

See my comment above regarding Microsoft Remote desktop. The issue may not be with OSX compatibility, but rather setting up your work PC to remotely log in, regardless of the program. – njboot May 10 '14 at 11:46. Because the mechanism of mac application, pevious versions of Microsoft Remote Desktop cannot be archived in Mac App Store. And the Remote Desktop 10 has ended supporting El Capitan, it is still suggested to find a way to upgrade the macOS to 10.12 or higher. If your macOS version is El Capitan, it means your Mac has at least 2GB of memory. With the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, you can connect to a remote PC and your work resources from almost anywhere. Experience the power of Windows with RemoteFX in a Remote Desktop client designed to help you get your work done wherever you are. Getting Started Configure your PC for remote access first.

And the Remote Desktop client on OS X 10.11:

Configuring the Certificate Template

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I won’t cover installing and configuring an enterprise certificate authority here; however, here are a number of articles worth reading on this topic:

To configure a certificate for use with Remote Desktop Services (or RDP into any Windows PC), you’ll need to create a new certificate template and enable both the Server Authentication and the Remote Desktop Authentication application policies. This was key for OS X clients - both of these policies must exist. Some articles will walk through this configuration and recommend removing the Server Authentication policy; however, the certificates will then not work on non-Windows clients.

This article has a great walk-through of the entire process and more: RDP TLS Certificate Deployment Using GPO. In my lab, I’ve created a ‘Remote Desktop Computer’ certificate template and enabled it to be autoenrolled via Group Policy.

Certificate Template Options

To create the new template, open the Certificate Templates console and duplicate the Computer template. Use this template because it already has the Server Authentication policy enabled.

Navigate to the Extensions tab, edit the ‘Application Policies’ extension and remove ‘Client Authentication’ from the list.

After you added the ‘Remote Desktop Authentication’ policy, you should see the policies and see in the following dialog box. See below for the actual ’Remote Desktop Authentication’ policy.

Adding the ’Remote Desktop Authentication’ policy requires adding a new extension named ‘Remote Desktop Authentication’ (or similar) with an object value of “1.3.6.1.4.1.311.54.1.2” (excluding quotes). and enter the values as above.

Save the template and configure your CA to issue the new template. In my lab my certificate template display name ‘Remote Desktop Computer’. Since my first template failed, it’s actually called ‘Remote Desktop Computer v2’. However, the important name to note for the next step is the actual template name, which can be found on the General tab of the template. In my case this is ‘RemoteDesktopComputerv2’ (the display name, minus the spaces).

Configure Autorenrollment

To configure autoenrollment, I’ve created a new GPO dedicated to the autoenrollment setting and linked it to the organisational units containing server and workstation computer account objects. Edit the policy and enable the following setting:

Computer Configuration / Administrative Templates / Windows Components / Remote Desktop Services / Remote Desktop Session Host / Security / Server authentication certificate template

Add the name of the certificate template and shown in the screenshot below:

Once a Group Poliy refresh occurs or on the next boot, the target Windows machines will autoenroll for the certificate and configure their RDP listener.

OS X Configuration

Now that my Remote Desktop certificates are configured for autoentrollment and Windows machines are picking up the certificates, I can import the root CA certificate into my MacBook running OS X.

Navigate to the URL of your certificate server (e.g. http://cert1/certsrv) and download the certificate via ‘Download a CA certificate, certificate chain, or CRL’. Download the CA certificate in DER format. Find the downloaded certificate in Finder and open the certificate to install it into Keychain.

Once installed the certificate is not automatically trused as you can see below:

Set the certificate to be trusted by selecting ‘Alway Trust’ from the ‘When using this certificate’ option. Close the certificate properties window and you should be prompted for your password to save the changes. Now when connecting to PCs via the Remote Desktop client, you should no longer receive certificate warnings.

This article shows how to install the root CA certificate via Terminal, which should assist in automating the import across a number of Macs.

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On this page you will find the most popular remote desktop programs for the latest Mac OS X that will allow you to connect to Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Vista and just about any Linux OS including Ubuntu, for free.

What Is Remote Desktop?

The term remote desktop refers to a software or operating system feature that allows a personal computer’s desktop environment to be run remotely on one system, but the concept applies equally to a server.

Remote access can also be explained as remote control of a computer by using another device connected via the internet or another network. This is widely used by many computer manufacturers and large businesses’ help desks for technical troubleshooting of their customers’ problems. There are various professional first-party, third-party, open source, and freeware remote desktop applications, some of which are cross-platform across various versions of Windows, Mac OS X, UNIX, and Linux. Lets begin with a list of the best remote desktop software for MacOS, let us know if you want us to include your app here by contacting us.

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#1. Microsoft Remote Desktop App For OS X

Downloa Microsoft Remote Desktop for OS X

With the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, you can connect to a remote PC and your work resources from almost anywhere. Experience the power of Windows with RemoteFX in a Remote Desktop client designed to help you get your work done wherever you are.

Main Features:
• Access to remote resources through the Remote Desktop Gateway
• Secure connection to your data and applications with breakthrough Network Layer Authentication (NLA) technology
• Simple management of all remote connections from the connection center
• High quality video and sound streaming with improved compression and bandwidth usage
• Easy connection to multiple monitors or projectors for presentations
• Print from Windows applications to any printer configured on your Mac
• Access local files on your Mac from your Windows applications
• Support for Azure RemoteApp

Microsoft Remote Desktop Screenshot

By far the best remote desktop app for Mac, especially if you plan to connect to a Windows computer. I have been using this app for the past 2 years and so far I can’t really complain, it’s free, fast and it works, but it is made by Microsoft lol, some of you might not like it just because of that, so lets continue with the list…

#2. Apple Remote Desktop App For OS X

Download Apple Remote Desktop

Apple Remote Desktop is the best way to manage the Mac computers on your network. Distribute software, provide real-time online help to end-users, create detailed software and hardware reports, and automate routine management tasks — all from your own Mac.

Software Distribution:
-Easily copy and install software on remote Mac systems.
-Encrypt network data when copying packages and files.
-Configure a Task Server to assist with package installations on offline computers.

Remote Assistance:
-Observe and control your Mac computers.
-Transfer files between Mac computers using Drag and Drop.
-Copy and paste information between any two computers.
-Prevent end-users from viewing the screen while you control their systems with Curtain Mode.
-Control Virtual Network Computing (VNC)–enabled computers including Windows, Linux and UNIX systems.

Remote Administration:
-Perform over a dozen commands securely on remote Mac systems.
-Remotely lock screens, sleep, wake, restart and shutdown of Mac systems.
-Execute UNIX shell scripts or commands on your client systems.

Asset Management and Reporting:
-Perform lightning-fast searches with Remote Spotlight search.
-Gather reports on more than 200 Mac hardware attributes.
-See reports on user logins and application use.
-Use a Task Server to assemble inventory reports, even from mobile systems not connected to the network.

Automation:
-Automate routine management tasks
-Get started immediately with over 40 actions.
-Chain actions together to create powerful system administration workflows.
-Combine actions with other application actions to create end-to-end solutions.
-Save workflows as plug-ins to provide simple, customized interfaces to Apple Remote Desktop features.

Apple Remote Desktop App Screenshot

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#3. Chrome Remote Desktop For Mac

Chrome Remote Desktop allows users to remotely access another computer through Chrome browser or a Chromebook. Computers can be made available on an short-term basis for scenarios such as ad hoc remote support, or on a more long-term basis for remote access to your applications and files. All connections are fully secured.

Chrome Remote Desktop is fully cross-platform. Provide remote assistance to Windows, Mac and Linux users, or access your Windows (XP and above) and Mac (OS X 10.6 and above) desktops at any time, all from the Chrome browser on virtually any device, including Chromebooks.

Chrome Remote Desktop App Screenshot

This is as good as it gets because it is free and absolutely easy to get it working. You just need the Chrome browser on each computer you are trying to connect to and it works flawlessly, the only reason it is #2 instead of #1 on this list is because not everyone wants to install Chrome on their computers, again, I don’t know why you wouldn’t want Chrome but yeah, let us continue…

#4. Jump Desktop App For OS X

Download Jump Desktop On Mac

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Jump Desktop is a remote desktop application that lets you securely connect to any computer in the world. Compatible with both RDP and VNC, Jump Desktop is secure, reliable and very easy to set up.

Mac Os Remote Desktop Client

Secure:
Jump encrypts the connection between computers to ensure privacy and security. Automatic connections are always encrypted by default. Supports NLA, TLS/SSL encryption for RDP. SSH Tunnelling and SSL/TLS encryption for VNC.

Supercharged Productivity:
Use Mac keyboard shortcuts in Windows. Seamlessly switch between computers without changing the way you use the keyboard. Vastly improves productivity. Fully customizable: Configure your own shortcuts or use the built-in defaults. No other app comes close.

Integrated into OS X
Quickly search and launch computers directly from Spotlight. Sync connections using iCloud. Tightly integrated into Mavericks’ and Yosemite’s power saving technology to give you the best battery life on the go.

RDP features:
* Tested on: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Server 2003, Server 2008, Server 2008 R2, Server 2012/R2, SBS Server
* RD Broker and Load balancer support.
* RD Gateway support
* Secure: 128-bit RDP, TLS/SSL, FIPS and NLA authentication supported
Supports 8, 16 and 24-bit colors and all RDP performance options
* Printing support: Print directly to a Wi-Fi printer using RDP’s printer redirection feature (exclusive feature on the App Store!)
* Audio streaming
* Console sessions
* Folder sharing
* International keyboard layouts
* SSH support

VNC features:
* The fastest VNC engine on the planet!
* Tested with Mac OS X, TightVNC, RealVNC, UltraVNC, Linux (Ubuntu Remote Desktop)
* Secure: Supports SSH tunneling as well as SSL encryption (SSL only available when using automatic setup)
* Black and white, Grayscale, 8-bit and 16-bit color modes to help manage bandwidth
* Clipboard syncing
* Multiple monitor support
* Supported encodings: copyrect, zrle, tight, (zlib)hextile, zlib, rre, raw, desktop-resize

Jump Desktop Screenshot

#5. Royal TSX App For OS X

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Download Royal TSX For Mac

Royal TSX is the perfect tool for server admins, system engineers, developers, and IT-focused information workers using OS X, who constantly need to access remote systems with different protocols.

Main Features:

  • Access and manage your connections
  • Credential management
  • Tabbed user interface
  • Connection Plugins (Currently available: Remote Desktop, VNC, Apple Remote Desktop, SSH, Telnet, Web)

Royal TSX App Screenshot

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