Can't rdp to Azure on Mac OS X

Question

I am trying to Remote Desktop onto an Azure instance from Mac OS X, but can\'t find a tool that allows me to do it. Address and username is fine, but none of the clients seem to

Answer 1

I use the Microsoft Remote Desktop application on OSX to connect to an Azure VM.

Recently I set up a VM from a Windows machine and was able to connect successfully using the admin username and password, but found that I had to reset the admin password to connect from OSX.

You can easily reset the password from the Azure portal for the VM. Go to "Support + troubleshooting/Reset Password".

Answer 2

I have the same problem with you, and I think there is nothing to do with the network level authentication. The main reason is the default remote desktop app will connecting through port 3389, but your VM's default endpoint set another public port, here is what i do to solve it:

1. Download the latest version of Microsoft Remote Desktop app at Mac app store.
2. Add the port after your connection's DOMAIN/IP like yourvmdomain.com:yourpublicport. You will find the public port on endpoint setting tab. To me, the public port of Remote Desktop is 58494, so the connection will be xx.xx.xx.xx:58494.

This works for me.

Answer 3

Download the new Microsoft remote desktop client, which will allow you to connect to Azure instances without changing the configuration.

(As suggested in the comment from Kim Burgess)