
A staff guide to working remotely is also available.ġ.) First, you will need to set your MFA Authentication to default to the Microsoft Authenticator App (at this time, this is the only method you can use with MS Remote Desktop). To access tamba and other file shares (zep, tcdata, tbos) from off-campus, please use Mac Forticlient VPN instead. For access to library databases and online journals from off-campus, use the library instructions for EZProxy instead. We hope this guide has been useful.Please note that Microsoft Remote Desktop should only be used for connecting to office computers on campus running Windows. Use the same steps above to connect with RDP to Windows 2012 VPS, Windows 2008 VPS, and Windows 2003 VPS systems, or other Windows Servers. That’s it! Now you should see the desktop of your remote virtual server: You might see a warning like the one below, “The server name on the certificate is incorrect.” This is OK, and usually means that you are connecting directly to the virtual server’s IP address (rather than hostname), or your local computer does not have the remote certificate downloaded (not required).

The username is often “Administrator”, and you can leave the ‘Domain’ field empty in most cases.

Open RDC and enter the IP Address of your RDP VPS or server when prompted for ‘Computer’:Īt the next prompt, enter your server login information. Whichever client you choose, the connection process will be similar. We think CoRD is possibly the best RDP client for Mac users, but we will demonstrate a connection to a Windows VPS with Microsoft RDC. We also recommend the open-source application CoRD for OS X, which can be downloaded from here (Sourceforge). It includes a few new features, and support for Microsoft RemoteApp: In addition, there is a newer of Microsoft RDC for OS X 10.7 and above, though it must be downloaded directly from the App Store in OS X.

The best option for Mac OS X users to connect to remote Windows Servers, is to download the official Microsoft RDC for Mac application. There is no lack of support for RDP/RDC (Remote Desktop Connection) on Mac OS X.
