Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Configuration

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To configure your Mac to always trust the certificate of your remote PC, first close any open connections you may have to that PC and then double-click on its entry in the Microsoft Remote Desktop. For Mac users, the stalwart tool has been the Microsoft Remote Desktop connection. Available now through the Mac App store, it allows users to remotely connect to a Windows desktop to access local.

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Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Configuration

Pre-Big Sur

After launching the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, perform the following:

Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Configuration Tool

  1. Select the Preferences icon in the main RDP window.

  2. Select the Gateway tab in the upper left corner.
  3. Select the plus icon in the lower left corner.
  4. Enter the following information:
    Gateway Name: U of I RDP Gateway
    Server: rdpgateway.illinois.edu
    Username: UOFIyourNetID
    Password: Your NetID Password

  5. Close the window (changes are saved automatically) and return to the main Microsoft Remote Desktop application window.

Adding the RDP Gateway to existing connections in Microsoft Remote Desktop

  1. Select the connection under “My Desktops” you wish to use the gateway with.
  2. Select the Edit icon.
  3. Select the Gateway Drop-down menu, change to “U of I RDP Gateway' and close the window (changes are saved automatically).
  4. Repeat for any other connections you wish to use the campus RDP Gateway to access.
NOTE: If you do not like Microsoft Remote Desktop running in a separate Space (virtual display), merely setting the 'Full screen mode' to “Custom” will prevent this behavior and run it as a traditional application

Mac OSX Big Sur

  1. Select Preferences > Gateways then click the + button.
  2. Enter the following information:
    Gateway name: rdpgateway.illinois.edu
    Friendly Name: U of I RDP Gateway
    User name: UOFIYour_NetID

Adding the RDP Gateway to existing connections in Microsoft Remote Desktop

  1. Right click on the connection you would like to add the RDP Gateway to and select Edit.


  2. In the Gateway section, select rdpgateway.illinois.edu.


  3. Click Save.

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Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Configuration

See here:

Export and import connectionshttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/c lients/remote-desktop-mac#export-and-import-connections

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

  1. In the Connection Center, right-click(command + click) the remote desktop connection you wish to export.
  2. Click Export.
  3. Browse to the location where you want to save the remote desktop .RDP file.
  4. Click OK.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Configuration Manager

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

Microsoft Remote Desktop Mac Configuration Manager

  1. In the menu bar, click File > Import.
  2. Browse to the .RDP file.
  3. Click Open.

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