Microsoft Remote Desktop

- August 6, 2017

Everyone

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( 92,849)

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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. If you have the home edition of Windows, you need to upgrade to a Pro version before you can use the app. Check out the FAQ for more information on which OS editions are supported for the app and to connect to with the app: https://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: https://aka.ms/rdsetup
+ Learn more about remote desktop apps here: https://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

92,849 total

5 55,744

4 17,548

3 7,507

2 3,615

1 8,435

JR McLaughlin

I tend to be a pretty lazy person. So it's very convenient to be able to do something, whether it's very involved or, just really quick task on the computer from my phone. I have used remote desktop applications in the past on phones and to date, this one is the gold standard. One feature I would like would be the ability to project from my computer to my TV while connected through remote desktop.

Linked Devices

Constantly just freezes as soon as the network connection is interrupted. I've never seen an app this prone to failure before. The only way to reconnect is to close the app and go through the entire process of logging in again. No finger print scanner support, option to save passwords or anything.

Daniel Yeatman

Works beautifully. Thank you Microsoft!! Settings and configuration from start to finish will likely be a process of trial and error at times. But if you work through initial setup with just a little patience, it'll be worth it. Well done and thanks again! 😊

Henry Xu

1. Please support customised screen resolution e.g. 900*500 etc. 2. in the next major update, please support remote connection connecting to WAN personal computer using Microsoft Account log in (like TeamViewer bugs: 1. remote input method switch key combination (control shift) conflicts with local Bluetooth Keyboard using Google Pinyin input language switch key (shift) leading to sometimes shift key is being pressed and holded why? I didn't press it but it was pressed and hold! so all the single selection click become select from and to. Please fix this biggest bug and please sync language input methods remote and local! Or at least allow user to choose disable remote language input methods or local input methods. Really hope you understand what I described. Thank you very much.

Has been useful for connecting to Windows Server EC2 instances on Amazon AWS using just the 4G connection on my phone. RDP connection files can be downloaded via the AWS Console / phone browser to auto-configure the connection, or you can just set them up manually using the public DNS or IP address of the instance you want to connect to. Very decent RDP client, especially when paired with a bluetooth mouse / keyboard. The one nitpick that I have is that Immersive Mode is not supported, so there is not way to go full-screen and get rid of the Android navigation bar without rooting it. AKAIK this is trivial to set up on the developer end on newer versions of Android, so I'm taking away a star for it.

C Hubb

Pretty poor usability when you allow multiple connections but don't show the machine name on each desktop title bar. Makes it difficult to use in real world.

User reviews

JR McLaughlin September 9, 2017

Linked Devices August 15, 2017

Daniel Yeatman August 15, 2017

Henry Xu August 30, 2017

September 6, 2017

C Hubb September 12, 2017

Pretty poor usability when you allow multiple connections but don't show the machine name on each desktop title bar. Makes it difficult to use in real world.

September 4, 2017

Gotta say, Microsoft gets well-deserved wrath for many of their infuriating design decisions; but to find this app letting me not only control my desktop, but do file transfer and send a doc to print, and switch between mouse and touch, I have to give praise where it's due. Nice job on this app.

September 18, 2017

Works well, however would be nice if it detected screen rotation, or enable screen rotation within the app by Ctrl+alt left/right arrow. Resolution stays the same, just gets stuck on the screen the way you enter the session.

Alaa Hamdy August 16, 2017

There is a problem with the keyboard on android, when I remote a server and remote another one from the same session the symbols doesnt work for examble if I want to type $ it types 4 this case did not happen in the first session it only happenes in any session opened from the rdb session opened from this app, and to use the symbol I have to use the shif tab in the screen keyboard.

August 6, 2017

Sometimes I get whole screen black, no user login dialog but it's connected and I can see mouse pointer. Host is W10. Reboot host PC helps, but there is not such option. Please add remote reboot.

August 22, 2017

Works great! BUT the lack of DeX support (only takes 1 line of code in the manifest) is inexcusable. Shame on you Microsoft

Glenn Miller August 12, 2017

Really enjoy the usability of this app and how its developed over the years. Only problem is when logging in to a HyperV console via Server2016 it will never accept the password.

Uma Sai Teja Velagala September 9, 2017

I tend to be use my pc remotely when I was away from it . But the app is not connecting through mobile data it is connecting through only WiFi. When I connect it through mobile data is says we couldn't connect to the remote pc because the pc can't be found, fix this issue other wise there no use of this app if we can't. Connect through our mobile data. Because at every place we can't get WiFi.

Vladimir Radakovic August 13, 2017

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. I would like if this app could be able to sync hosts list with ms account to keep them between devices

Sameh Jameel August 15, 2017

There is an issue with s8+. Whenever i connect to any of my server 2012 r2 there's a black area to the right of the phone and bottom (when held horizontally) i tried all resolutions in the program but this annoying issue wont go away !!

Morgan Machado September 16, 2017

Took so much time to configure as you need to configure router, port, firewall and so on. Finally happy with the result. Works supper smooth. Cant give less then 5 🌟. Must have application.

Drew Dickenson August 21, 2017

I paid little attention when I heard Microsoft was coming out with their own RDP client finally. I didn't need to because I had an EXCELLENT app called iTap Mobile on my android, iphone, and mac. Well I went to see if there were any updates and saw that it had mysteriously been discontinued and they were saying to try the microsoft version. When I took a look a the microsoft version it's a blatent rip off of iTap! Almost same UI except it's been watered down. No gestures or pinch to zoom?! C'mon Microsoft if you're going to buy something use it in its entirety! Edit:2017 MS RDP still sucks worse than the 2013 final version of iTap. Bring back gestures for keyboard and disconnect please! I have finally had to begin using this app because my company has blocked use of the older RDP versions so the old client won't pass the TLS handshake any longer. It blows my mind that I can not run my connection in landscape with my phone in portrait and use the screen in two halves with the session on top and keyboard on bottom. Landscape mode is useless because if you need the keyboard you cover up 80% of the screen!!!

August 23, 2017

It just won't work for me. Shows me the welcome screen with loading symbol but nothing else after that. Ill just stick with teamviewer.

Tyler Cracraft August 5, 2017

Pros: Works great Cons: Cannot import/export connection list. Cannot view connections as a small list (only big tiles)

August 23, 2017

Can get right to my work desktop. It's a little small to operate, but in emergency situations it is fantastic.

Aaron Hutt August 3, 2017

Works really well for almost all applications. Only ask would be to add Samsung DeX support for full screen use on the S8 and S8+.

Peter Bosilkov September 8, 2017

I never managed to make it work. It keeps closing itself (sometimes with, sometimes without message). It is a shame I have to use a third party application to connect to my desktop..

Muhammad Abdullah Maqbool September 10, 2017

Amazing but restraint. Should work from other internet connections without making my PC vulnerable to attacks.

Juan Francisco Monachesi August 17, 2017

Would love if it had Multi-Window support included in Android N. For Double click to work you have to disable the zoom option.

Paul Koch August 6, 2017

Love having the ability to save multiple user logins and RDPs. This allows for quicker access. Plus this offers more features and functionality than the native Windows remote desktop tool.

abdul maajid August 25, 2017

Why can't I have 2 accounts with same username but different passwords ?

Kristopher Kolpin August 27, 2017

Special characters are not mapped properly. Typing / results in # and typing ? results in ^. Super annoying!

Randy Iles August 18, 2017

Total BS that it doesn't support all versions of Windows 10. Greedy!

Denis Abramov September 9, 2017

When I try to login to my windows 10 pc using my Microsoft account it says the username and password is incorrect. No idea how to fix it

Dan Quentin James August 7, 2017

Works well connecting to Windows 7 Pro desktop from Google Pixel C and Samsung Chromebook.

September 17, 2017

"Wrong username or password" every time. Couldnt even login let alone using the app. Back to teamviewer.

abhishek sona September 11, 2017

Not possible to view full screen on android device. All of android users have this problem

John Morrow August 3, 2017

Graphical glitch fixed in the latest build. Now runs great.

Microsoft Corporation July 10, 2017

Thank you for reporting this issue with us. We are working on a fix for the next update of our app.

Julius Ski September 17, 2017

Latest version has a bug where typing non characters (numbers or commas, dots) it prints incorrect characters in remote desktop making it impossible to use

Francis Lauzière August 5, 2017

The last update works beautiful with Android O. Awesome devs!

Owen Page August 26, 2017

Won't connect to any computer. Absolutely useless!

Cody M September 17, 2017

Impossible to RDP an azuread joined machine, refuses to authenticate.

Dwayne Zimmerman August 26, 2017

Great!! Needs an option to sign into an account that backs up all your settings so that you can restore then when switching phones.

August 27, 2017

Error 0x204 renders it unusable. Fix this Microsoft!

Gregory Harris September 2, 2017

Great App, easy to use keeps me from having to whip out a laptop everytime I need to remote into another computer.

What's New

We fixed an issue for Android O Preview users that caused graphics to appear distorted when you connected to a Windows PC or server.

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August 6, 2017

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