Administrator Guide

Configuring Microsoft Remote Desktop
Microsoft Remote Desktop application allows you to access and manage the data and resources of a remote device using an internet
connection.
This section provides information about how to configure the Remote desktop broker connection on your ThinOS device, and other
remote desktop features that you can configure on ThinOS.
Configure the Microsoft Remote Desktop broker
connection
To configure the Microsoft Remote Desktop broker setup:
1. From the desktop menu, click System Setup, and then click Remote Connections.
The Remote Connections dialog box is displayed.
2. In the Broker Setup tab, from the drop-down list, select Microsoft, and do the following:
• Broker Server—Enter the IP address/Hostname/FQDN of the Broker Server.
• Auto Connect List—Enter the name of the desktops that you want to launch automatically after logging in to the respective
broker. More than one desktop can be entered. Each desktop name is separated by semi-colon, and is case-sensitive.
3. Click OK to save the settings.
Configure RDP connections
To configure the RDP connection:
1. From the desktop menu, click System Setup, and then click Remote Connections.
The Remote Connections dialog box is displayed.
2. In the Broker Setup tab, from the drop-down list, select the Broker type as None.
3. Click RDP connection protocol, and click Configure.
The Default RDP dialog box is displayed.
4. Click the Connection tab, and use the following guidelines:
a) Connection Description—Enter the descriptive name that is to appear in the connection list (38 characters maximum).
b) Host Names—Use the list to select the valid DNS server name or the IP address of the server to which the thin client connection
is to be made. You can also use Browse next to the box to make the selection you want. For example, a list of WTS servers on the
local network from which you can select.
NOTE:
The server name may be resolved using one of two mechanisms: DNS, and WINS. DNS uses the default
domain name in the network control panel to attempt to construct an FQDN but will also try to resolve the name
without using the default.
c) Console mode—Select to set the RDP connection with Windows Console mode.
d) Display Resolution—Select the display resolution for your RDP connection.
You can select your preferred monitor on which you want to start the RDP session in full screen mode based on the following
scenarios:
• Mirror mode is enabled on multi-display or single display—The Default on screen x option is not displayed. The display
resolution of the RDP connection is set as Default irrespective of the value configured in the onscreen=x INI parameter.
• Span mode is enabled on multi-display—The Default on screen x option is displayed. You can select your preferred
display on which you want to start the RDP session. You can also set your preferred display using the onscreen INI
parameter. After you deploy the INI parameter, the Default on screen x option is set automatically according to the
configured INI settings.
NOTE:
If the value defined in the onscreen parameter for your RDP connection is higher than the number of
displays connected to the thin client, the display resolution is set as Default. If you switch the display mode
between span and mirror, you must reboot the thin client to apply the INI settings.
e) Colors—Select the color depth of the RDP session. If High Colors (16-bits) or True Colors (32-bits) is selected and the RDP
server does not support this color depth, the thin client renegotiates the color depth to the lower value for example, 256 Colors
(8-bits). The highest is 32-bits, if the hardware supports this color depth.
f) Window mode on 1 monitor or Full screen span all monitors—Select the initial view of the session in window mode or full
screen mode.
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Configuring the connection brokers