Anyone use the MS RDP client?

[gus6464]

Has anyone used the MS RDP client for OSX? I want to buy the new MBP13 but that app is crucial.

 

[JAG87]

I have it as part of office 2011, works just like RDP in windows.

 

[RadiclDreamer]

I just downloaded the new version, the older version that you can download from microsofts site is fine but for some reason it always crashes on exit. Never crashes any other time, just when i choose to quit it, which i guess is the best time to do so

 

[manly]

Somehow it didn't install with Office 2011. I downloaded and installed it separately. It works fine with a few occasional quirks.

 

[Eug]

Works great. I use it alongside my VPN software to VPN into my Windows XP PC at work.

 

[drquest]

I use it all the time on my Air and it works great.

 

[stlcardinals]

CoRD is better IMO

 

[Eug]

CoRD is better IMO

Why do you like it better? (Just asking, since I've never used it.)

 

[stlcardinals]

Single window with switching between active sessions with saved credentials.

 

[hellfire88]

Can the new version of Microsoft Remote Desktop (or 3rd-party alternatives) support displaying of multiple monitors?

For example, if the Windows PC/server I want to remote into has 2 monitors, and the Macbook Pro I'm on also is connected to 2 monitors can I display Monitor 1 on the Windows-side to Monitor 1 on the Mac-side and Monitor 2 on the Windows-side to Monitor 2 on the Mac-side?

This would be great for me, thank you.

 

[gus6464]

CoRD is better IMO

That looks really nice, thanks for the link.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

CoRD is better IMO

This.

MS RDP freezes / quits unexpectedly a lot when I close connections, too. CoRD doesn't.

Wub

 

[MrMaster]

My MS RDP on my Mac Air rarely works for me. I run Windows in Parallels and connect with RDP through that.

 

[gus6464]

My MS RDP on my Mac Air rarely works for me. I run Windows in Parallels and connect with RDP through that.

Try Cord, it's really good imo.

http://cord.sourceforge.net/

 

[alkemyst]

CoRD is better IMO

QFT

 

[alkemyst]

Why do you like it better? (Just asking, since I've never used it.)

On a Mac it always works.

 

[cheez]

Don't you have to have Cord installed on remote PC's too though in order to communicate?


cheez

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Don't you have to have Cord installed on remote PC's too though in order to communicate?


cheez

No. It uses Microsoft's Remote Desktop protocol, which is already built in.

You're probably thinking of VNC.

 

[cheez]

No. It uses Microsoft's Remote Desktop protocol, which is already built in.

You're probably thinking of VNC.

And TeamViewer.... and some others. Yeah that's what I thought.

Sounds like a good progie.


cheez

 

[alkemyst]

No. It uses Microsoft's Remote Desktop protocol, which is already built in.

You're probably thinking of VNC.

QFT, Cord looks no different to a Windows box than the native RDP client.

 

[MrColin]

I use it and find it to be more stable than CoRD. I think it has historically suffered serious bugs, which have been resolved.

Unlike CoRD however, it lets you save connection settings but then overwrites them every time you connect to a different host (just like on windows client). CoRD lets you save settings on a per-host basis for quick access which is nice.