See here for a post that has all the details you need to get started. The DNS name of the cloud service and the port of the Remote Desktop endpoint need to be entered in separate places in the RDCMan profile for your VM. There is a trick to getting RDCMan to work with Azure VMs which can cause endless frustration if you don't know it. In addition RDPMan is able to save your logon credentials and if you are in an environment where it's safe to do this it's a great time-saver. I highly recommend this for organising your RDP connections to your Azure (or any other) Windows VMs. Fast-forward to 2014 and there is now a new 2.7 version, as before available as a free download from Microsoft. For many years it was stuck on version 2.2 published in 2010, probably because it originated as a tool used by Microsoft engineering and technical staff and wasn't the focus of any official attention. I missed the entire presentation because I spent the entire time trying to find a download link for 2.7. There are other tools but this one is simple and does the job very nicely. I still remember being in a demo at a Microsoft campus and seeing the presenter using an RDCMan version that was a couple of digits higher than mine (maybe mine was 2.4 and his was 2.7). There was, in the form of a nifty utility called Remote Desktop Connection Manager or RDCMan. It is useful for managing server labs or large server farms where you need regular access to each machine such as automated check-in systems and data centers. Years ago when I first started working with Hyper-V I soon realised there must be a better way of remoting to servers than using the client built in to Windows. Download Latest Version for Windows (1.19 MB) Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) manages multiple remote desktop connections. Organise RDP Connections with Remote Desktop Connection Manager Posted by Graham Smith on DecemNo Comments (click here to comment)
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