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Microsoft Launches 'Remote Desktop' Apps for Mac and iOS

Quality looks fantastic in the screens. Excited to try this...

All it needs are gaming controls and you could play any game on iOS. Splashtop isn't great for this. Splashtop's image quality sucks in general these days.
 
Does this work with TS Gateway?

Sorry, I'm not very familiar with these things. Will this allow me to login to my work PC with TS Gateway?
 
aristobrat said:
I do a lot of Windows SysAdmin stuff, and I'm giving this new OS X app a try.
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There are 500+ Windows boxes where I work, the majority of which I only have to RDP into once or twice a year. A handful I RDP to daily. This'll be interesting. I may keep the Office version of RDP around for the ones I don't regularly RDP into, and use this new version for the ones I do.
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I find CoRD to be far superior to the old RDP client and this new version is missing one of the best features of CORD - command line options.

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ctcampbell said:
Please, for the love of god don't allow direct connections to your PC from the Internet. Anyone who opens port 3389 on their router or firewall is asking for a world of pain.
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Says you. Thanks for the advice....

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tobyw7 said:
Pretty sure the demise of iTap is only because Microsoft have now developed new apps.

iTap premium was shareware whereas this is free. They wouldn't have had a chance.

Microsoft also developed the technologies here first hand so can get it right.
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I don't understand this post considering Microsoft purchased all IP for the apps from the producers of iTap:
http://www.neowin.net/news/microsof...or-windows-server-2012-r2-remote-desktop-apps

Yes, Microsoft can't even be bothered making their own RDP clients anymore.
 
Great App. Had a chance to check it out tonight on my ipad and its very nice. Its probably as good as Splashtop and the best thing is that its Free!
 
Would be good if the full screen option gave the app a dedicated space. Only way to give it its own space is to start session in a window, and click the full screen button.
 
Too bad this only works for Windows 8 Pro (or above), so I can't reach my wife's Dell laptop since it's running "vanilla" Windows 8 and the RDP system preferences aren't available. And I'm not about to pay $90 for the Pro Pack upgrade just to get RDP capability. Stupid Microsoft.
 
Xenomorph said:
On Mac OS X, it is "OK".

What it is based on, iTap, is MUCH better, though.

iTap has been the best RDP client I've used for iOS and OS X. The Microsoft-branded versions are stripped down (and in the case of the iOS version - *broken*).

They say "version 8.0" in the app. They are more like beta 0.1 builds.
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just downloaded the iOS version, seems much more responsive than it am which I have been using for years.
 
I see nothing here that would draw me away from using TeamViewer, which is free for personal use and works with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Ubuntu, iPhone, iPad, etc. It's very secure and quite simple to set up and use (no messing around with ports), which comes in handy if providing remote support to those who aren't very computer literate. You can talk them through the setup on their end and be connected to them in less than a minute.

I see no advantage at all in using a Microsoft product for this.
 
GGJstudios said:
I see nothing here that would draw me away from using TeamViewer, which is free for personal use and works with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Ubuntu, iPhone, iPad, etc. It's very secure and quite simple to set up and use (no messing around with ports), which comes in handy if providing remote support to those who aren't very computer literate. You can talk them through the setup on their end and be connected to them in less than a minute.

I see no advantage at all in using a Microsoft product for this.
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It really is a business tool rather than a consumer application especially since RDP is only available on the Pro or higher versions of Windows.

Using this Microsoft app to remote admin servers from a Mac is a lot cheaper than the £439 it would cost for TeamViewer. I've been using CoRD and while it works well it does seem to have stagnated in development.
 
On a kinda related topic any able to advice on the following?

I get emails to my iPad which come from work, in them are links to document on our network but I can't open them unless they're attached. Any suggestions how?
 
Carl Sagan said:
On a kinda related topic any able to advice on the following?

I get emails to my iPad which come from work, in them are links to document on our network but I can't open them unless they're attached. Any suggestions how?
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The documents are on a windows server? Then you need an app on the iPad that can connect to SMB shares. I use Filebrowser.
 
Good points

I'm sure they have a few advantages and a few disadvantages. However, this is a good app that will help many. Also, windows has a few extra points on windows that will change the line up of icons when they are resized, (on OSX they stay the same and you need to scroll), and the option to click each document on the bottom bar to open it up. Essential features for some people. So this app might be an excellent solution to many.
 
mtngoatjoe said:
Thanks! Any idea how? I've been searching, but i can't find any instructions.
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Do you have your companys TS-Gateway address? If so just add that as a gateway in the app and add the computername for the computer you want to connect to.
 
I guess pinch to zoom is not implemented because the gesture is 'forwarded' to the client, so the client has the chance to react to it.
 
GGJstudios said:
I see nothing here that would draw me away from using TeamViewer, which is free for personal use and works with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Ubuntu, iPhone, iPad, etc. It's very secure and quite simple to set up and use (no messing around with ports), which comes in handy if providing remote support to those who aren't very computer literate. You can talk them through the setup on their end and be connected to them in less than a minute.

I see no advantage at all in using a Microsoft product for this.
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If you want to remote control your computer at home then no, there is no advantage other than that it is completely free. Teamviewer is not, it allows non-profit use and limits it to an unknown amount per month (which is enough for most home users).

In business use things are very very different. Teamviewer is for remote support only where RDP isn't. It is used for remote management of servers but it also provides Citrix-like functionality when used with a terminal server: you can stream only the apps to devices such as iPads, Macs, etc. It is a big misunderstanding that RDP is remote management only as well as terminal server only being able to provide a full scale desktop. RDP is aimed at business use which is why the server version isn't available in the consumer versions of Windows (Windows 8, Windows 7 Home Premium, etc.). The consumer versions only come with the RDP client like the ones that were released for iOS, Android and OS X.

You can not compare Teamviewer to RDP since they are completely different products.
 
Cuban Missles said:
I will be getting this for the sole purpose of being able to fix my parents computers remotely ever time the call me. This will be immensly simpler than having them tell me what is wrong -- "the thing said something and i pressed the button and now nothing happens, what should I do?"
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I know, right now, I have my mom do a video screen-share via skype, but this will be lots faster.
 
How to capture screenshot on remote desktop

How do I capture screenshot on the Windows remote desktop using MAC OS ? In another word, which is the keyboard combination for PRINTSCREEN key?
 
Just to make sure I understand correctly.....

- This will not work with Win-7.

- It only works over the internet, not over my home network.

Or did I get that completely wrong?

Jon...
 
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