The licensed client is available for Windows and Mac.Ĭlick the “Download” button for Mac to download a file such as:Īs this page says, those without a license can connect up to 10 application instances and a single document per application instance. Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client Connection 2.1.1 for Macintosh (installer RDC_2.1.1_ALL.dmg at 9.4 MB) is no longer available for download from On the Mac, these RDP clients can reach into instances of Amazon EC2 or other cloud that house Windows servers.Ī) Royal TS is the enterprise client, at $29 each if you want to spend a little money.ī) Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac from HockeyApp is what I recommend for free.Ĭ) Microsoft Remote Desktop from Apple AppStoreĮ) Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Client Connection 2.1.1 for Macintosh is goneį) Chrome RDP Add-on is no longer supported? On Linux machines, there is RDesktop at RDP clients on MacOS On other operating systems (such as MacOS or Linux), if you have no administrative rights on your corporate Windows laptop, spin up cloud instances in the cloud and access them via a client that uses RDP.
On the RDP client, click on the Password input field and paste the Clipboard contents.rdp file saved earlier to invoke an RDP client program (if one is installed on Mac, see below).
Microsoft has a free sandbox: Exercise - Connect to a Windows virtual machine using RDP This is a tutorial on the different ways to “remote into” a Windows instance from a MacOS or Linux machine. Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac (HockeyApp).
Microsoft’s Remote Desktop for Mac OSX from Apple.Remote Desktop Connection on Windows machines.