Microsoft yesterday released an update for Remote Desktop client preview app for Mac with many new features like Multiple monitor support, Copy and Paste files support and more. Read about it in detail below.
Multiple monitor support
The preview app now supports the ability to use multiple monitors in your remote session. You can enable multiple monitors for a desktop connection from the additional options.
Hi everyone, this is Ayesha Mascarenhas from the Remote Desktop team. Today, I’d like to share with you the latest updates we have made to the Remote Desktop client preview app for Mac: The.
Copy and Paste files
In addition to supporting copy/paste of text and images, the preview app now supports copy/paste of files so that you can transfer files into and out of the remote session using both Command X/C/V and CTRL X/C/V.
Updates to the keyboard
We’ve changed how the Beta app keyboard works to behave exactly like the Remote Desktop client store app. The Beta app initially used a new implementation of the keyboard; however, many of you reported that this new keyboard introduced several issues with typing into apps like the Hyper-v console and typing certain language characters. The Beta app will continue to support both Command X/C/V and Ctrl X/C/V to copy and paste between the local desktop and remote session. Use the Beta app Help->Report an issue option to share your feedback about the keyboard. Learn more about how the keyboard works in a remote session.
Together with the above new features, the preview app now supports:
- Direct connectivity to desktops as well as connectivity through a Remote Desktop Gateway
- A new user interface together with a redesigned user accounts experience that includes unified management
- High quality video and audio streaming
- Import of .rdp files into the app and export of connections as .rdp files
- New features like the ability to group desktops and to copy and paste images and files
The Microsoft Remote Desktop app for Mac available in the Mac App Store and it supports connecting to desktops, remote resources and Azure RemoteApp.
Does anyone know if Microsoft Remote Desktop Connect supports multiple monitors from a Mac to a Windows machine?
On Windows you can use:
This forum post says you can't but I'm not sure if there was a new version or an alternative version that does support it.
When running RDC on a windows computer you can add the following to the executible and get access to a second monitor if it exists: /span.
I've added this to the following location on my mac: Remote Desktop Connection.app/Contents/MacOS/Remote Desktop Connection /span.
This doesn't work. Any ideas how to make this work on a Mac?
or is there another type of software that will remote desktop into my windows based PC at work that will span multiple monitors?
This is not supported.
Chealion2 Answers
On the 'alternative version' front:
Remote Desktop Connection For Mac
CoRD apparently doesn't do multiple monitors either, but I suppose they might possibly release support before the MS tool manages to do so.
Remote Desktop Client Xp
CoRD is my favourite Windows Remote Desktop client app for the Mac. It's based on rdesktop, which is available through MacPorts. It looks like rdesktop can be used across multiple monitors, if you feel like diving into MacPorts. So that could be one solution.