Microsoft Remote Desktop

- August 9, 2016

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Description

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
+ Windows Professional and Windows Server editions are supported. To view the full list of supported Windows versions and successfully connect to a Windows PC, read the FAQ at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn473007.aspx
+ Configure your PC for remote access first. Download the RD assistant to your PC and let it do the work for you: http://aka.ms/rdassistant
+ Learn more about remote desktop apps here: http://aka.ms/rdapps
Features
+ Access to remote resources through your Remote Desktop Gateway
+ Rich multi-touch experience with remote desktop protocol (RDP) and RemoteFX supporting Windows gestures
+ 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
+ Support for Azure RemoteApp

Reviews

4.2

85,234 total

5 50,471

4 16,515

3 7,130

2 3,395

1 7,723

Marc Jump

Auto correct sucks @ss! After successfully logging into my remote system, I have to unlock my VM servers, The keyboard will not work because it is always trying to autocorrect my password! Please remove the option for AUTOCORRECT. I used to use this tool daily, now im looking at something else, maybe teamviewer???

Chris Hall

Microsoft nails it this time I have used at least a dozen remote desktop apps over the years, both free and paid. I can say with confidence this is the best one by far. Intuitive, fluid and fast. Easy switching between mouse and touchscreen modes. I'm not afraid to criticize Microsoft so when they hit it out of the park I like to let them know. Great job guys.

Lion de Oliveira Lorena

It's excellent... ... however it could be perfect if adjusted to make the Android virtual buttons (home, back, etc) to either retract or have transparent background like other apps. The black background chops a part of the screen and Fullscreen apps in the host machine can't be seen properly.

Brian C

Autocorrect? This tool was brilliant until they added auto correct support. Guys it's a server manager. I don't need my commands to be autocorrected as I type into a servers command window. What's worse is there's no way to turn it off without turning it off phone wide.

Kathy Grasty

Great tool This was just what I needed to take my vpn from being stuck on a pc to truly anywhere. Works fantastic with server 2012, 2008 and windows 7 machines. Will not work with console windows in vsphere, but still can reboot machines from the vcenter console.

Press Werden

Great tool for the proficient user Requires an above average understanding of computers to set up. Granted, that's the target audience here, but to compete with Chrome Remote Desktop, a bit of hand holding for the inexperienced user could help Microsoft out here. Great app. Functional and reliable.

User reviews

Marc Jump September 16, 2016

Chris Hall August 9, 2016

Lion de Oliveira Lorena September 4, 2016

Brian C August 11, 2016

Kathy Grasty August 10, 2016

Press Werden September 20, 2016

Edmond Wong September 7, 2016

Auto correct ruined the app. My company system use different codes to help type in items faster. But Everytime I type in the short form, auto correct kicks in and change that to a different word. Result in time wasted and efficiency lost. If we can have the option to disable that. The app will be 5 stars.

Masud Pce August 11, 2016

Does not work in android wifi hotspot When pc is connected to my phone hotspot, the app says - can not connect to network. If cellular data is on , then it tries but fails.

Mohit Vadsak August 18, 2016

Fine,but not up to the mark I dont know which password to put to connect to the PC. My pc software shows Username & Hostname but doesn't show password. When I try to connect to my pc from my phone, mobile app asks for Password to connect to my pc which I dont know.from where do i bring the password ???

Steve Pringle August 10, 2016

Review: Microsoft Remote Desktop A great tool that has a clean user interface and is quite useful and works well. I use it daily to log into a Dell server while on the road which lets me leave a clunky laptop in the office.

Zane Bliss August 21, 2016

Good but a little lagging. Started up right away. Immediately seen my Win 7 as long as remote desktop was enabled. Works great. I use Rosetta Stone through it. Sometimes lags and doesn't recognize speech. It might be router bandwidth also.

Microsoft Corporation August 23, 2016

Thank you for your feedback. For new feature requests like speech recognition, please file a request at UserVoice:https://aka.ms/uservoice-rdandroid.

David Chaney August 21, 2016

Only one that works without extra software Only one I've found that works without having to install software on the computer itself (WIN 7). Only issue I had was had to change "Remote Desktop" from more secure to less secure. Once connected once changed settings back and never got blocked again.

Chris Brooks September 3, 2016

I must be missing something.... Works fine as long as I'm on my network but won't let me remote in using 4G. I would rate 5 stars if I could get it to remote in outside my home network.

Rambalac August 26, 2016

There are issues When keyboard is displayed additional buttons overlap bottom of the screen including Start search line and Task bar

Elliander Eldridge August 12, 2016

It works, but my office is a multi desktop environment. After using this all of the icons for all the monitors merge together, which is to be expected since the tablet is considered a single monitor, but after the session ends the monitors are stuck that way. I am forced to manually adjust all of the window behaviors again after using. Keyboard shortcuts for moving objects between monitors also ends up being temporarily disabled which slows things down. Would give this 5 stars if it could either fix the damage to the multiple windows, or screen mirror them. Alternatively, it would have been nice to be able to use the tablet as another monitor in the office, but that's not an option either.

Parthiv Shukla August 9, 2016

I am using Window 10 laptop and Samsung Note Edge mobile. After many trying still not success. After this solution maybe I can give more star.

Yuval Yaniv August 9, 2016

Works good but still needs one improvement Needs full immersive mode support on Android phones (currently works only on tablets) with soft keys hide to full screen viewing. Thanks on finally adding native resolution and a resolution selection option.

Yannick Bourret August 29, 2016

Remote Desktop that Works as advertised! Use it often and haven't had any issues. Seem to run smoother than the Desktop version. Minor learning curves for mouse functions.

Holger Kratz September 4, 2016

Almost perfect, but the mouse pointer dragging "enhancement" is a pain in the ass. When lifting the finger from the screen, even very carefully, this is interpreted as a movement and the mouse pointer starts to move for another 1-2cm, missing the spot where I wanted the pointer to stay. The alternative "Touch" isn't much of a help either, cause my finger tip just ain't precise enough to hit a frame of a window or a tiny button. So please, offer an option to disable this mouse pointer movement enhancement which keeps the pointer sliding unintentionally.

Deran Naidoo August 15, 2016

Could not connect Could not connect to my laptop after following all instructions to set up pc for remote access. Keep getting error code: 0x204 or 0x104

SM Danish July 27, 2016

What type application is this when one cannot use. I am not able to connect my mobile with pc. You can remove from this store. I tried all options. There is no proper manual also.

Ben Liu August 4, 2016

Awesome app. Recommended An excellent port for FREE.. Thanks for adding the extra resolutions but the auto DPI in the later Windows that is driving me nuts. Argh

Allister Perrin August 9, 2016

Couple of issues When typing passwords with $ it enters 2 characters. You have to delete 2 characters then press the $ again and it.puts it in once. Also when viewing a vmware console the keyboard doesn't work. Thanks

Md. Hamidur Rahman Siddique August 20, 2016

Hardware & Sticky key problem remain After 8.1.37, My device has both key. If I disable sticky key then remote cursor don't perform action. It works when hardware key disabled. Please check.

Microsoft Corporation August 23, 2016

Please reach out to rdandr@microsoft.com with details on the keyboard devices you have.

Adrian Aitken July 27, 2016

As of July 16 Physical keyboard - number pad numbers don't work, maths signs do. Go figure.

Microsoft Corporation August 1, 2016

Please contact us at rdandr@microsoft.com and we will try to resolve this issue.

Hampus Royson August 28, 2016

Works pretty well Maybe not perfect but does the job.

Dudas Coke August 23, 2016

Having trouble with mouse emulation on touch screen A surprisingly great tool from Microsoft, but I have started experiencing mouse pointer and clicking not being recognised

Shawn Holderfield August 15, 2016

I doubt 99.9% of you are affected by this, but keyboard input is not recognized by iSeries / AS400.

Vladimir Radakovic August 29, 2016

Nice Lets say Microsoft developed good, 5-star app. Than I take one star off (because it is not opensource), and another because this RDP client don't support XRDP. That's fair rating.

Barry Ferguson August 19, 2016

Unexpectedly solid I never would have believed that using RDP on such a small display with only touch controls would allow such a fluid experience. Used this on a Samsung tablet as well as an HTC One m7 and Nexus 5x, no issues on either one. Consider me impressed, this is fantastic work. Suggested improvement: implement an optional field for NetBIOS names as a fallback. Currently I have two saved connections for each device - one each for when my device is on WAN or LAN. Supports custom RDP ports, TLS & NLA. Superb!

Saumitra Tanmoy September 18, 2016

Simply Perfect This app blew my mind, I generally don't give reviews but this needs one, Microsoft just did an awesome job with it, so smooth and this app gave me just exactly what I wanted

Philip Smith September 10, 2016

Terrible Hard to work with. Does not respond to finger actions properly.

Microsoft Corporation September 13, 2016

Please try to disable "Pinch to Zoom" in the general settings from the home screen of the app and see if this fixes your issue. We are working on improvements for gestures in the next update.

Zayd Hassan September 2, 2016

RD assistant for pc doesnt run whenever i try to install the setup file on my pcit says application download didnt succeed. check network connection or contact service provider. Please help microsoft.Im helpless.pls pls

Alex Korchemniy September 20, 2016

Latest auto correct a nightmare Please give us an option to disable

August 15, 2016

Unable to use it with Virtual guest consoles qwerty keyboard doesn't fully work with consoles.

Simon Greener August 2, 2016

It's OK but mouse click and drag to resize windows seems impossible.

Mario Kane August 13, 2016

Can't connect to my computer I entered the right user name and password but it noticed me they were wrong.

Akhand Yaduvanshi September 21, 2016

Cool but I have a problem How to drag stuff. I can't click and drag

Jordan Lewis August 24, 2016

One star to get attention - feature request Please use Android's built is backup. Backup data is stored in Drive and when you reinstall the app all the data is restored! I have about 20 remote desktops that I don't want to manually restore!!!!!!

Andy Simpson August 2, 2016

Excellent application for remote admin Love this app, works a treat on my 4g s-tab. cheers MS

What's New

What's new in 8.1.37

- Fixed an issue where a hardware keyboard caused the sticky key dialog to pop up in a remote session.

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August 9, 2016

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