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. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • This is a tutorial on the different ways to “remote into” a Windows instance from a MacOS or Linux machine. Remote Desktop Connection on Windows machines Remote Desktop Connection is installed with by default on all Windows machines. Within Start Programs > Accessories, is a RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) client program that can be used without being an Administrator. It uses uses port 3389. The RDP is also known as “Terminal Services”. If you are running a Windows virtual instance (under VMWare Fusion), etc., • If you were given a rdp file, click on it because the RDP program is associated with the “rdp” file extension: ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com.rdp This way you see the dialog filled in. Alternately, open the program manually: • Click the Windows “Start” icon button at the lower left corner (or wherever you moved it). • Click the “Remote Desktop” icon on the Windows 10/2016 Desktop if it’s there: Alternately, type enough of Remote to see “Remote Desktop Connection” appear for you to click. Alternately, type mstsc to see “Remote Desktop Connection” appear for you to click. Either way: • In the “Remote Desktop Connection” dialog, paste into the Computer Name: field the DNS name such as ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com • Click “Show Options” for a pop-up: • Type in User Name “Administrator” if you’re using an Amazon EC2 instance, since Amazon EC2 makes use of PEM files for security. Alternately, if you are working within an enterprise environment, you may need to add a network domain name in front of your assigned named, separated by a “backward slash”. This is because enterprises create for the same person different accounts for internal and external use. • Click “Save” • Click “Connect” to see a “Welcome” screen. Dupe for mac painterly 2015. • Click “OK” on the Welcome screen. CAUTION: Remember to Log off, especially if you are sharing a machine with others. Save rdp file from Amazon • Click the “Connect” icon at the top of the Console. • Click “Download Remote Desktop File” such as: ec2-54-219-170-140.us-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com.rdp • Double-click on the file to open the RDP client. Back to the dialog: • Click “Get Password”. • Click “Browse” and select Downloads, the.pem file downloaded earlier. • Click “Decrypt Password”. • Double-click on it to highlight it and press Ctrl+C to copy the string to your Windows Clipboard. • Open a Notepad file and paste it there so you won’t lose it. • Click “Close” to dismiss the dialog. RDP Client • On Windows Explorer or MacOS Finder, double-click on the.rdp file saved earlier to invoke an RDP client program (if one is installed on Mac, see below). • On the RDP client, click on the Password input field and paste the Clipboard contents. • Leave the Domain blank and click OK to connect. • Click View Instances. • Scroll down to copy the IPv4 Public IP such as 54.219.170.140 Other operating systems 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. RDP clients on Linux On Linux machines, there is RDesktop at RDP clients on MacOS On the Mac, these RDP clients can reach into instances of Amazon EC2 or other cloud that house Windows servers. A) is the enterprise client, at $29 each. B) B) C) D) E) is no longer supported? F) Royal TSX The licensed client is available for Windows and Mac. • Get to their download page at: • Click the “Download” button for Mac to download a file such as: royaltsx_3.2.6.1000.dmg (23.3 MB) • Click the file downloaded to unzip it.
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