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Prepare for the Remote Desktop client for Windows end of support

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Hilary_Braun
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Mar 27, 2025
On March 27, 2026, the Remote Desktop client standalone installer (MSI) for Windows will reach end of support. Before that date, IT administrators may need to migrate their users to Windows App so th...
Screenshot of the Let's get started for Remote Desktop subscription dialogue box
Updated Mar 27, 2025
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ScottL
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Mar 28, 2025

Why is Microsoft constantly pissing customers off with horrible UI changes?  Even if you do reach feature parity with the Remote Desktop client, all I'm going to hear from users is why are the icons so **bleep** big and they have scroll for miles to find the app they're looking for.  Even the list view is a disastrous waste of space.  Yeah, yeah favorites blah, blah, blah.  A totally unnecessary feature if the UI is designed efficiently.