RDC Access Profile

What is RDC

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Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) allows users to access and control a remote computer over a network or the Internet. Using RDC, users can connect to a remote computer and interact with its desktop environment as if they were sitting in front of it, providing a convenient and efficient solution for remote work, support, and collaboration.

To access the RDC Access Profile settings, navigate to Configuration Manager>Access Profiles then click Add and select RDC. Alternatively, double click an RDC profile from the list or select it and click Edit.

Option	Description
Name	The name of the access profile. Edit if applicable.
Virtual Path	By default, Thinfinity creates a unique URL address for the current connection. If you want to customize it, make sure your address is unique and web compatible and that it has the following format: http(s)://ThinfinityDomain:port/VirtualPath/. You can then create a web shortcut for this specific connection and bypass the Thinfinity® Workspace web interface.
Add Icon	Allows loading an icon image for the access profile.
Access Key	An automatically generated access key, used in combination with Thinfinity Workspace SDK to access this profile.
New Key	Used to generate a new Access Key.
Label(s)	Access profiles can be organized in groups (labels) for which you can collectively manage the permissions settings. This field shows the names of the groups (or labels) that the current profile is a part of. For details, see Label.
Select Label	Allows the selection of an existing Label for the profile. For details, see Label.
Visible	Indicates whether the access profile should be visible or not.
Default profile	If checked, Thinfinity Workspace will skip the home page and connect directly to this access profile.
Open in new tab	Opens the access profile in a new tab of the browser.
RDP	This option is selected by default, and it indicates the protocol used for the current connection.
RDS Web Feed	Select this option to pull the Microsoft RD Web Access connections into the web interface. Selecting this option will change the options available in the General tab. For details, see the following Core Settings section.

General Tab

Option	Description
Computer	Allows you to select the connection target: Computer, VDI ID or Remote ID.
Broker Pool	Specify which broker pool this profile belongs to.
Connect to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine	Allows to connect to a Hyper-V Virtual Machine through its machine ID or GUID. For details, see Setting up a Hyper-V profile.
Connect to a Virtual Desktop on an RDS Collection	Allows to connect to a Virtual Machine located within an RDS Collection. For details, see Setting up an RDS Collection profile.
Enable Wake-on-LAN (WoL)	Allows a computer to be turned on or awakened by a network message.
Session Limit	Set up a session time limit for this profile.
Credentials	Choose how to handle the log in credentials for the specified computer: Use authenticated credentials: The credentials used to log in to Thinfinity Workspace will be used to access the remote computer. Once the user logs in to Thinfinity Workspace, they will only need to select the access profile to automatically connect to the remote desktop. Ask for new credentials: When the user selects the access profile they will be prompted to enter new login credentials for the remote computer. Use these credentials: Define specific credentials to access the remote computer. Once the user logs in to Thinfinity Workspace, in order to connect to the remote computer, they will have to use these specific credentials.

Display Tab

Option	Description
Color Depth	Choose the color depth for the remote computer view. If Remote FX is enabled, the color depth will be set to 32bit regardless of what is stated in this field. Read more about the conditions under which Remote FX will be enabled.
Resolution	Choose from the available list of resolutions including Fit to browser window and Fit to screen, ideal for hiding the browser and working on a full screen mode.
Image Quality	The connection image quality is related to the application performance (higher quality performance). The default Image quality is Optimum, it presents the best cost-benefit relationship between quality and performance. Take a look at the options below for more quality or better performance: Highest - Uses PNG images only (0% compression) Optimum - Combines PNG and JPEG images (20% compression). Good - Uses JPEG images only (40% compression) Fastest - Uses JPEG images only (50% compression)

Resources Tab

Option	Description
Enable Clipboard	Check this option to enable the clipboard on the remote connection.
Enable Clipboard File transfer	This feature allows users to transfer files between the client and server by copying and pasting files via the clipboard. This provides a convenient method for moving files between devices without the need to upload and download them manually.
Enable Intermediate Disk	Activate this option to have an intermediate disk available on the connections created through this profile.
Disk name	Name to identify the intermediate disk among the other remote desktop disks.
Automatically download any newly-added file	Set to true and Thinfinity® Workspace will automatically download any file saved or copied in the Intermediate disk direction. Files with the format *.tmp y ~$*.* are excluded by default. Exclude different files from this download by configuring the .ini file.
Disable these file extensions
Enable Sound	Check this option to enable the remote sound to be reproduced within the browser (only for Firefox and Chrome browsers).
Sound quality	Determines the quality that Thinfinity® Workspace uses to reproduce the remote sound. Higher quality will require more resources.
Play on remote computer

Program Tab

On the Program tab, you can configure the connection to open a specific application. The Do Nothing option is selected by default. This option will show the entire remote desktop.

Start a Program option

Note that this feature is only available within Windows Server versions.

If you want to set a specific application to start with the connection, select the Start a Program option.

Once you close the program, the remote session will get disconnected.

When the Start a Program option is selected, the following additional options are available:

Option	Description
Program path and file name	Specify the complete path to give access the application to start with the connection. After the path inform the application arguments, if applicable.
Arguments	Applications arguments.
Start in the following folder	Inform a context directory for the program set on the field Program path and file name.

Launch RemoteApp

Note that this feature is only available within Windows Server versions.

The RemoteApp is a Terminal Services feature that allows Windows-based application publishing. You can connect to an application using RemoteApp through Thinfinity Workspace by selecting the Execute as RemoteApp on the Program tab.

When the Execute as RemoteApp option is selected, the following additional options are available:

Option	Description
Program path and file name	Application published name or the direct path to the application file.
Arguments	Applications arguments.
Start in the following folder	Specify a context directory for the program set on the field Program or file.
Show Windows Login and Logout Screen	Toggles the visibility of the Windows login and logout screens, which are shown during connection to a desktop or a remote application and show, for example, the username that's being logging in or out.

Experience Tab

Option	Description
Smart Sizing	Scale the connection image. The maximum size of the connection will be the original desktop size.
Multi-touch Redirection
RemoteFX	Enable RemoteFX. Read More about Remote FX. This option affects other settings.
GFX
H264
Desktop Background	Show the desktop background.
Visual Styles	Show Windows Visual Styles: the appearance of common controls, colors, borders, and themes.
Menu and window animation	Show menu and window animation when you scroll or expand a drop-down menu.
Font smoothing	Allow "Clear Type", a font smoothing option added to Windows Server 2008.
Show window content while dragging	Show the contents of the window while being dragged. Otherwise a transparent border is dragged.
Desktop Composition	Configure the DWM to redirected the desktop drawing to off-screen surfaces in video memory. Also, the desktop will present many visual effects.

Note that all of these options while enhancing the remote desktop experience require additional bandwidth, which may negatively impact performance depending on your connection.

Advanced Tab

Option	Description
Unicode Keyboard	Uncheck this option to connect to Unix computers through xRDP.
Keyboard Layout	Choose the keyboard layout for the remote computer.
Connect to console session	Check this option to connect to the console session. This requires confirmation from the logged on user and logging out the current session.
Disable NLA login	Check this to skip NLA as the default login and have the authentication done by an alternative method.
TLS version
Websocket compression	Check this option to enable the compression for the exchanged Websocket data and have the application performance improved. It only works in browsers which have the web sockets compression implemented and enabled.
Record remote desktop session	Enable the recording of the remote desktop session when connecting to this profile. Read more about the Save session feature.
Drag to relative mouse movement	The relative mouse movement is a mouse behavior encountered in touch screen mobile devices, in which the screen cursor moves relatively to the touch when dragging. Uncheck this option to have a mouse behavior similar to the real desktop mouse in which the cursor will be always positioned under the touch.
Touch to hold delay	Specify time in milliseconds that you need to hold a touch until you can drag.
Minimum drag distance	Specify maximum distance in pixels that you can move the finger and have it considered a touch instead of a drag movement.

Desktop Client Tab

Printer Tab

For the details on the user experience options, see User Experience Settings.

For details on the options available in the RBAC tabs, see Access Control Settings.