Mac OS X Remote Desktop Connection Instructions. Open the Microsoft Remote Desktop application. Click the ' + ' icon. For PC Name, enter the name of the remote computer to connect to. Or check How to find my computer name. For User Account, click the dropdown to change the setting. Adding the RDP Gateway to existing “My Desktops” connections in Microsoft Remote Desktop.app. Select the connection under “My Desktops” you wish to use the Gateway; Select the Edit icon; Select the Gateway Drop-down menu, change to “U of I RDP Gateway' and close the window (changes are saved automatically.

Teamviewer

I'm not familiar with RDP Wrapper, so this may not help. However, when you setup your RDP session on the Mac, are you using your static IP address for your Gateway or for the Computer? I've had users with Macs try to place the RDP server address into the Gateway field and that won't work unless you are running an RDP Gateway.

I hadn't realized, until now, that Windows 10 Home doesn't allow for setting up RDP access. Is there a reason you may not use something like Google's Remote desktop, or Teamviewer, LogMeIn, etc? They would be safer than leaving port 3389 open for RDP on your home system.

How to manually configure the Microsoft Remote Desktop app on Mac OS X to use the RDP Gateway

After launching the Microsoft Remote Desktop app, perform the following:

1. select the Preferences icon in the main RDP Window

2. select the Gateway tab in the upper left corner

3. select the plus icon in the lower left corner

4. Enter the following information:
Gateway name: U of I RDP Gateway
Server: rdpgateway.illinois.edu
User name: UOFIYour_NetID
Password: Your_NetID_Password

5. Close window (changes are saved automatically) and return to main Microsoft Remote Desktop application window

Windows Remote Desktop Gateway

Adding the RDP Gateway to existing “My Desktops” connections in Microsoft Remote Desktop.app

Select the connection under “My Desktops” you wish to use the Gateway
Select the Edit icon
Select the Gateway Drop-down menu, change to “U of I RDP Gateway' and close the window (changes are saved automatically
Repeat for any other connections you wish to use the campus RDP Gateway to access

NOTE: If you do not like Microsoft Remote Desktop.app running in a separate Space (virtual display), merely setting the 'Full screen mode' to “Custom” will prevent this behavior and run it as a traditional application

Remote Desktop Gateway Windows 10

Keywords:	RDP, Remote Desktop Gateway, Remote Access, Remote Desktop, MacOS, MicrosoftSuggest keywords	Doc ID:	68711
Owner:	Active D.	Group:	University of Illinois Technology Services
Created:	2016-11-15 11:55 CDT	Updated:	2017-04-25 09:59 CDT
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