Changing RDP port for Virtual Machine

Question

Can someone tell me, is this the option for changing the RDP port for Azure Virtual Machine?

I changed the port to 8080, allowed incoming for the same in my NSG. (I know it's not required, I also allowed that in the windows firewall of the Virtual Machine). But I was still not able to take RDP on port 8080.

What am I missing? Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Hi @Rajat Srivastava ,

beside configuring the NSG for the new port of RDP the OS needs to be configured listening on the new port RDP should listen as well.

You can get this done by PowerShell executed on the VM:

$newRDPPort = "8080" # new listening port for RDP
Set-ItemProperty -Path “HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-TCP\” -Name PortNumber -Value $newRDPPort
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName “RDP New Port” -Direction Inbound –LocalPort $newRDPPort -Protocol TCP -Action Allow

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Regards Andreas Baumgarten