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WVD - mac Keyboard

matt 6 Reputation points
2021-01-19T17:05:11.983+00:00

Hi,

How do you correctly map a mac keyboard layout to a (WVD) Windows 10 Session Host which is connecting using the WVD mac client.

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  1. matt 6 Reputation points
    2021-01-20T21:56:09.49+00:00

    This was resolved by selecting Unicode keyboard in the wvd client

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  2. Marilee Turscak-MSFT 36,866 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-01-20T00:55:03.993+00:00

    Hi @matt ,

    Parallels is the tool that I'm aware of that offers something like this. The suggestion I found is to install the Parallels Tools from the Virtual Machine > Install Parallels Tools menu item and do the following:

    Go to Start > Control Panel -> Regional and Language options and select the keyboard input language of choice for the Apple layout:

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    The docs also have some guidelines for using the different keys. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/clients/remote-desktop-mac#use-a-keyboard-in-a-remote-session

    There appear to be several other third party tools for this as well, but I'm not aware of a Microsoft tool. https://www.logikdev.com/2010/02/18/apple-uk-keyboard-layout-for-windows/
    https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/365727/apple-magic-keyboard-on-windows-10-fn-key-and-layout

    I am reaching out to see if there are any internal options for this as well, as I'm not aware of any. You can leave a feature request for this in User Voice: https://feedback.azure.com/

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