

Microsoft Remote Desktop supports remote desktop connections from macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, or another computer running Windows. In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know to set up remote desktop access while running Windows 10. While there are a variety of third-party applications available for Windows 10, you can also enable remote desktop connections from the Settings app. IMPORTANT: If you use this text as-is in your answer file, you must validate the answer file in Windows SIM to verify that it works, before each use.ĭisclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.Remote desktop software is a critical tool for many individuals and businesses, giving users the ability to access computers from any location. This is an example of text in the answer file to enable remote desktop on x86 machines to accept connections from computers running any version of remote desktop (note that this is less secure as described remote tab UI): If you do not specify this unattend setting, by default, enabling remote desktop using unattended settings will result into this option in system properties - remote tab: This corresponds to the following option in the system properties - remote tab: The following setting needs to be added to the answer file to allow remote connections from computers running any version of remote desktop:Ĭomponent name: "Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RDP-WinStationExtensions"

If you do not specify this setting, by default you won't be able to remotely connect to the machine from computers/operating systems which do not support remote desktop with network level authentication. You can optionally specify how users are authenticated before the remote desktop connection is established. Unattend setting for User Authentication: This corresponds to the following option (highlighted) in Windows Firewall settings: The following setting needs to be added to the answer file to enable the firewall exception for remote desktop: The following setting needs to be set to enable remote desktop:Ĭomponent name: "Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-LocalSessionManager"Įnable Firewall exception for Remote Desktop:

Unattend setting for enabling Remote Connections: Because available settings and default values can change from time to time, you must revalidate your answer file when you reuse it.įor information on Windows SIM, please refer to If you use a manually authored answer file, you must validate the answer file in Windows SIM to verify that it works. The recommended way to author answer files is to create them in Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM). The examples given in this document are for information only. This document describes how remote connections can be enabled during unattend installation. First published on CloudBlogs on Mar, 20 2007
