Connecting to a desktop
You can establish a desktop connection using the Remote Desktop Protocol
Get the connection credentials
- In the management console
, select the folder containing your desktop. - In the list of services, select Cloud Desktop.
- In the left-hand panel, select
Desktops. - Select the desktop to connect to.
- Under Access, click
next to the user account and select Reset password. - Confirm the password reset.
- Save a new password from the pop-up window and close it.
- At the top right, click
Download RDP file.
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Open the User desktop showcase
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Authenticate using Yandex ID
or Single Sign-On (SSO). -
If the desktop you want to connect to is in the
Stopped
status, run it by clicking and confirm the action.Wait for the desktop status to change to
Active
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Click
and confirm the password reset. -
Save a new password from the pop-up window and close it.
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Click
Download RDP file.
Connect to the desktop
- Right-click the downloaded RDP file and select Edit (in Windows 11, select Show more options → Edit).
- In the Remote Desktop Connection window, the General tab, select Allow me to save credentials and click Connect.
- In the security window, select Don't ask me again for connections to this computer and click Yes.
- Enter the previously saved password, select Remember me, and click OK.
To reconnect to the desktop, run the RDP file you saved.
- Install and run Microsoft Remote Desktop
, an official free RDP client for macOS. - Open the Connections menu amd click Import from RDP file.
- In the window that opens, select the downloaded RDP file and click Import.
- Open the Microsoft Remote Desktop menu and select Settings.
- In the window that opens, go to the User Accounts tab.
- In the list of accounts on the left, select the account to connect and paste the previously saved password into the Password field.
- Close the settings window.
- In the PCs tab, run the desktop added.
- In the security window, click Continue.
To reconnect to the desktop, run it in the Microsoft Remote Desktop client in the PCs tab. In the security window, click Continue.
See also
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Install Remmina
, a free RDP client for Linux. Run the following commands in the terminal:sudo apt-add-repository ppa:remmina-ppa-team/remmina-next sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install remmina remmina-plugin-rdp
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Start Remmina.
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In the top menu, click
and select Import. Run the downloaded RDP file and click Import. -
Right-click the added desktop and select Edit.
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In the Remote Connection Profile window, set up the connection:
- In the Username field, remove the first two characters:
.\
. - In the Password field, type the previously saved password.
- In the Username field, remove the first two characters:
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Click Save and Connect.
To reconnect to the desktop, run it in the Remmina client.