microsoft remote desktop manager 2.2 download

This is a souped-up version of the Windows RDP client, apparently intended for people switching between many different servers. Turns out the solution is to install an alternative RDP client with a similar sounding name of Remote Desktop Connection Manager 2.2

The Metro RDP client has a Zoom feature - but it won't let to set the screen resolution of the remote machine (so you can't, for example, connect at 1280x800 and scale up).

but it won't let you scale up to display a smaller-res desktop in a larger box.

The Windows RDP client has 'Smart Scaling' - that will let you scale a desktop down to display a large amount of desktop in a smaller box.

There are an annoying number of not-quite-right solutions to this that don't work: Suffice to say, its hard to get anything done when everything is that size. Its hard to show screenshots of High DPI screens that correctly convey the pixel size, so I've photoshopped them onto a picture of a Surface and its pen, to give you an idea of scale:

If you do that from a high DPI screen, the remote desktop is rendered at regular pixel size, which makes everything tiny. Certainly if I was Scott, I wouldn't remote into anything less than that.īut, in practice, I regularly have to remote into Server 2008 machines and yes even Server 2003. Perhaps Scott hadn't noticed the Remote Desktop issue because he only remotes into Server 2012 R2. That said, if you remote into very recent Server OS's like Windows Server 2012 R2, then apparently Remote Desktop will sort out the DPI scaling automatically.

I'm kindof mystified that he didn't mention Remote Desktop though because thats been the number one problem for me on High DPI screens. Scott Hanselman wrote a nice blog post back in January about some of the issues you might face running Windows on a High DPI screen like that of a Surface Pro or Lenova Yoga.

Microsoft remote desktop manager 2.2 download