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I need to connect to an Azure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) from my Linux system. I have a .rdpw file but standard Linux RDP applications like Remmina don't support it. How can I configure Remmina or another application to read and use the .rdpw file for connection purposes? Is there a way to get it to work with a native Linux RDP client? Any suggestions or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
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there is now support for it built into freerdp3, see:
https://github.com/freerdp/freerdp/wiki/FAQ#connect-to-azure-virtual-desktop-avd
but you need to have a freerdp3 built with "WITH_AAD"
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That's amazing. I can confirm it's working on Debian Sid. Thank you for this information
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I can also confirm that this is working. FreeRDP can be used to connect to Azure Virtual Desktop using a .rdpw file. I used the following command to successfully establish the connection:
xfreerdp <rdpwfilename>.rdpw /gateway:type:arm /u:<username> /cert:ignore /log-level:DEBUG /timeout:120000
There is not currently and Azure supported RDP client for Virtual Desktop. The recommendation would be to utilize the web client to connect. There are some third-party workarounds available, but these are unsupported on the Azure side.
Hopefully this feature will be released for you in the future. For product feedback and feature requests I will refer you to our feedback forum. This allows the community to add their voice and upvote popular ideas. The forums are monitored and responded to by our product teams. https://feedback.azure.com
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