You can use the Remote Desktop client for Mac to work with Windows apps, resources, and desktops from your Mac computer. Use the following information to get started - and check out the FAQ if you have questions.
We're testing new features on our preview channel on AppCenter. Want to check it out? Go to Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac and select Download. You don't need to create an account or sign into AppCenter to download the beta client.
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If you already have the client, you can check for updates to ensure you have the latest version. In the beta client, select Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta at the top, and then select Check for updates.
A Remote Desktop Gateway (RD Gateway) lets you connect to a remote computer on a corporate network from anywhere on the Internet. You can create and manage your gateways in the preferences of the app or while setting up a new desktop connection.
If you're running macOS X 10.9 and have disabled Displays have separate spaces in Mavericks (System Preferences > Mission Control), you need to configure this setting in the Remote Desktop client using the same option.
Drive redirection is supported for remote resources, so that you can save files created with a remote application locally to your Mac. The redirected folder is always your home directory displayed as a network drive in the remote session.
By default, the remote session will use the same keyboard locale as the OS you're running the client on. (If your Mac is running an en-us OS, it will be used for the remote sessions as well.) If the OS keyboard locale is not used, check the keyboard setting on the remote PC and change it manually. See the Remote Desktop Client FAQ for more information about keyboards and locales.
Windows Server 2012 R2 introduced support for a new authentication method, Remote Desktop Gateway pluggable authentication and authorization, which provides more flexibility for custom authentication routines. You can now try this authentication model with the Mac client.
Secure remote connections
Super-fast and stable performance
Intuitive client setupCross-compatibility between different operating systems and versions
Dark mode included
Flexible license model
When you install Remote Desktop and open it for the first time, use the setup assistant to finalize configuration. After configuration, you start administering computers by adding clients to the main list of computers.
I administer a number of Windows machines, and am trying to find a really good application to remote desktop in to them from my Mac. I've tried CoRD, and I really like its library approach to saved sessions (as opposed to Microsoft's file based approach), and tabbed sessions are great when working on a bunch of machines. Unfortunately, it's just too buggy for serious use, and given that it averages less than 2 releases a year, I have little hope that that will change. Microsoft's official client is very bare bones and doesn't support connecting on non-standard ports (which I need).
In my experienced opinion, CoRD and Jump Desktop are the best RDP clients for Mac. CoRD is more for those that know what they're doing - it's simple, stable, fast and reliable. Jump Desktop however is for those that are new to Remote Desktop Connections and want something that makes things easy. It's easily the slickest RDP client for Mac too and looks great. There's a useful extensive review of the best RDP clients for Mac here: -for-mac/
If you are willing to spend some money, there is LogMeIn, which I have used for my home Macs with great success. On the free side, we used to use "Chicken of the VNC" but decided to go with Microsoft's official client for reasons unknown to me. Six of one half dozen of the other, if you ask me. Frankly, the VNC market is pretty banal.
Chrome Remote Desktop is cross-platform. "Provide remote assistance to Windows, Mac and Linux users, or access your Windows (XP and above) and Mac (OS X 10.6 and above) desktops at any time, all from the Chrome browser on virtually any device, including Chromebooks."
It can be useful in a variety of situations such as screen sharing, working from home, fixing a computer remotely, system administration or network monitoring of computers.
All the remote desktop apps reviewed here are suitable for connecting from Mac to Mac as well as Mac to PC or from mobile devices such as iPad, iPhone and Android to Mac.
LogMeIn for Mac offers specific tools for individuals, small businesses, IT professionals and help desk technicians and is the best on the market when it comes to enterprise remote desktop support.
TeamViewer Enterprise plans also include TeamViewer Monitoring & Asset Management which not only provides remote access to Macs or PCs, but also monitors system critical aspects and provides easy IT inventory tracking.
For those new to remote desktop connections, it guides you clearly through the setup process. You can store connection profiles via iCloud backup and even access printers from your remote Mac using Remotix.
As a professional tool for system administrators to manage Apple devices on a network however, it gives you a lot of power to install software and updates such as Flash and Java, push UNIX commands and update macOS remotely.
Microsoft RDP for Mac is now called Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac (confusingly also known as RDC for Mac or Remote Desktop for Mac) and is probably the most well known way of remote networking on Windows.
If you have any suggestions for other remote desktop software for Mac that should be included in this article, or have any experiences or questions with the Mac remote apps reviewed here, let us know in the comments below.
Microsoft has its own RDP client for Mac, which is improving constantly and currently supports connections to machines running Windows versions other than the Home edition, like Windows 10 Professional. While not supporting AirPrint, it is free to use and available for download from the Microsoft Store, Google Play and the Mac App Store.
Apple also provides a remote desktop client for Mac, which uses the virtual network computing (VNC) protocol and allows connections to non-macOS machines. It is priced at $79.99 per license in the Mac App Store.
Parallels RDP for Client for Mac has an extensive feature set, including multiple-monitor support, universal printing, graphics acceleration with RemoteFX, and device redirection for remote sound, local drives, and two-way clipboard copy and paste. Network access is secure with the use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and/or network level authentication.
Parallels RDP Client for Mac supports connections to remote desktops, remote applications and virtual machines (VMs) running on Microsoft Hyper-V and a host of other major hypervisors, such as VMware ESXi, Scale Computing HC3 and Nutanix Acropolis. Free to download from the Mac App Store, Parallels RDP Client for Mac is one of the best remote desktop tools for your Mac.
If you have your own Parallels Remote Application Server (RAS) farm serving as your virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), you can also use the Parallels Client for Mac to connect to any machine within the VDI.
Parallels RAS provides a seamless user experience across machines running on a variety of operating systems, from macOS to all versions of Windows (including Home editions) to Linux and even Android and iOS. It also supports low-cost client computing, thin clients and tablet devices, and it allows HTML5 access via compatible browsers such as Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. It provides true bring-your-own-device (BYOD) support to your VDI infrastructure.
Parallels RDP Client for Mac has built-in multiple-monitor support. This means that you can display the remote machine on an external monitor, even non-Apple Thunderbolt ones, attached to your Mac client workstation. Thus, users are given multitasking capabilities, resulting in increased employee productivity. To set up multi-monitor support in Parallels Client, you need to edit the properties for the connection.
Sound input and output can be redirected from either the client to the remote machine or the remote machine to the client. This means you can use conferencing solutions and make recordings, even when connected to a remote device.
Parallels RDP Client for Mac configures local devices such as the disk drives, printers, serial ports and smart cards for use automatically when logging on to the remote computer. Remote USB devices have to be selected before they can be enabled. Additional configurations can also be performed on disk drives and printers, allowing you to select which disk drives and printers to bring along when making a remote connection. As for the clipboard, true copy and paste, both to and from the remote computer, is enabled by default.
With Parallels RDP Client for Mac, you can use local and network printers and scanning devices even when connected to virtual desktops and/or applications. This capability operates out of the box and does not require further configuration unless you want to limit it to specific devices only. On network printers or scanning devices, you also avoid delays since jobs are compressed while on their way to the device. Native PDF printing is also enabled with the DynaPDF library. Thus, even if you do not have a PDF driver installed on the client machine, you can still save documents as PDF files.
Parallels RDP Client for Mac fully supports Microsoft RemoteFX, an essential component of RDS, for graphics acceleration. RemoteFX allows the use of 3D rendering, and it permits the transmission of high-fidelity video and audio over the connection running between client and remote machines. RemoteFX also plays an essential part in redirecting USB devices and helps render images in full resolution if there is adequate bandwidth; if bandwidth is lacking, RemoteFX adapts accordingly, sending over images in lower resolution. 2ff7e9595c
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