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Access your Cloud Desktop/VDI from iPhone/iPad using Microsoft Remote Desktop

Follow the steps below to access your Cloud Desktop/ VDI/ Dedicated Desktop from an iPhone or iPad. Visit the URL below to download Microsoft Remote Desktop client from iTunes. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id714464092?mt=8 Open the app and tap on + sign on top right corner Select Desktop. In the PC name field, enter “Desktop Name” or “RDP Host […]

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Access your Cloud Desktop/VDI from Android Devices

Follow the steps below to access your Cloud Desktop/ VDI/ Dedicated Desktop from an Android device. Visit the following URL to download the Microsoft RD Client from Google Play Store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.microsoft.rdc.android Follow the steps below to connect to Cloud Desktop/VDI/Dedicated Desktop. Open the app and tap on + sign on top right-hand corner Select Desktop […]

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Access your Cloud Desktop/VDI from Chromebook

To access your Cloud Desktop/VDI/Dedicated Desktop from a Windows computer, please follow the steps given below. 1.   Login into your Chromebook 2.   Make sure your Chromebook is upto date 3.   Goto https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chrome-rdp/cbkkbcmdlboombapidmoeolnmdacpkch 4.   Click on Add to Chrome 5.   Click on Add App 6.   Open Chrome Bowser and browse: chrome://apps/ 7.   Click on Chrome […]

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Access your Cloud Desktop/VDI from a Mac using Microsoft RDP client

To access your Cloud Desktop/VDI/Dedicated Desktop from a Mac computer, please follow the steps given below. First, you need to download the Microsoft Remote Desktop client from iTunes.  To download the tool, please visit the following URL https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/microsoft-remote-desktop/id715768417?mt=12 After downloading the RDP client, please follow these steps to connect to Cloud Desktop/VDI/Dedicated Desktop. 1.   In […]

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Using Remmina Client (Linux) to Access Apps4Rent’s Virtual Desktop

Remmina is a client which can be used to access Apps4Rent’s Virtual Desktops or VDI’s.  Please download the following document to setup Remmina client to access Apps4Rent’s Virtual Desktop or VDI. https://apps4rent.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Access-Windows-machine-from-Linux-graphical-machine.pdf NOTE:   The document is based on Apps4Rent demo environment.  You will need to replace the demo name with the name of your VDI […]

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Prevent sharing of local resources like printers and devices on your Hosted Desktop

By default; the RDP connection to your Hosted Desktop is configured to share your local PC’s resources like printers/USB devices and drives.  If for any reason you want to disable such sharing; please follow these steps. 1.   Click on Start and type mstsc Windows Vista and Windows 7 customers can click on Windows Button and […]

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Sharing printers/USB devices and local resources between hosted desktop and your computer

1.   Click on Start and type mstsc. NOTE:   Windows Vista; Windows 7; Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10 customers can click on Windows Button and R at the same time. 2.   Type mstsc. 3.   Click on Options. 4.   Type the login name which will be in the format HOSTALLAPPS\username or VDI\ 5.   Click on Local Resources […]

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