Windows Remote Desktop App Is Being Killed in Favor of the New Windows App, Microsoft Says as It Details Unified Access, Customizable Home Screens, Mu

[Tsing]

Users must transition to Windows App to ensure continued access to Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, and Microsoft Dev Box.

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[Brian_B]

Ok, two things.

Once upon a time we used to use Remote Desktop. Maybe 20 years ago. Then it became the vector for almost every other hack known to man, so we stopped. It's been replaced by dozens of better tools since.

Second - Windows App? Really? Is this a thing now?

 

[Grimlakin]

This is only for the Azure hosted stuff. Standalone servers can still utilize RDP.

 

[Riccochet]

Ewww....Azure

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

Quick assist can be an easy way to help others as well as long as both parties have an MS account.