This post is for all the mac users and system administrators who had to deal at least once in their life with the need to download the Microsoft Remote Desktop macOS app – the port of the famous system utility present in Windows to make remote connections via the RDP protocol – through a distribution channel other than the official one, namely the App Store. A fast remote desktop Mac app, this can save you in many situations, especially when you store your important data on a PC and forget to transfer the same to your hard drive. Remotix introduces NEAR, which is a low-latency, adaptive, H.264 based remote desktop protocol.
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Applies to: macOS 10.12 or later
Important
This content applies to Windows Virtual Desktop with Azure Resource Manager Windows Virtual Desktop objects. If you're using Windows Virtual Desktop (classic) without Azure Resource Manager objects, see this article.
You can access Windows Virtual Desktop resources from your macOS devices with our downloadable client. This guide will tell you how to set up the client.
Install the client
To get started, download and install the client on your macOS device.
Subscribe to a feed
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Subscribe to the feed your admin gave you to get the list of managed resources available to you on your macOS device.
To subscribe to a feed:
- Select Add Workspace on the main page to connect to the service and retrieve your resources.
- Enter the Feed URL. This can be a URL or email address:
- If you use a URL, use the one your admin gave you. Normally, the URL is https://rdweb.wvd.microsoft.com/api/arm/feeddiscovery.
- To use email, enter your email address. This tells the client to search for a URL associated with your email address if your admin configured the server that way.
- To connect through the US Gov portal, use https://rdweb.wvd.azure.us/api/arm/feeddiscovery.
- Select Add.
- Sign in with your user account when prompted.
After you've signed in, you should see a list of available resources.
Once you've subscribed to a feed, the feed's content will update automatically on a regular basis. Resources may be added, changed, or removed based on changes made by your administrator.
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Next steps
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To learn more about the macOS client, check out the Get started with the macOS client documentation.