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Lionel_B4
Copper Contributor
Aug 26, 2019

Different connection clients to Windows Virtual Desktop

In the official documention, it says that :

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"Don't use RemoteApp and Desktop Connections (RADC) or Remote Desktop Connection (MSTSC) to access Windows Virtual Desktop resources because Windows Virtual Desktop doesn't support either client." Source : https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/connect-windows-7-and-10

 

From end user point of view, we find that MSTSC is so much faster than both Remote Desktop and the web client, so if possible we would like to stick to the RDP protocol.

 

What is the difference between the MSTSC and the newly provided Remote Desktop client??

 

  • David Brophy's avatar
    David Brophy
    Brass Contributor
    I find the lack of UDP support reduces the end user experience massively.
  • Lionel_B4 : Hi Lionel! Can you elaborate what you mean with much faster? For features you are missing you can suggest them here. Please add a little bit of context which problem that one solves on your side: https://aka.ms/wvdfbk 

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      Lionel_B4
      Copper Contributor
      Faster meaning the feedback of every action we do on Windows 10.

      Typical example is typing in a Notepad. Using MSTSC the feedback is instantaneous, while using the web client or Remote Desktop, the delay between pressing a key and the character appearing on the screen is a few hundred milliseconds. Presumably because it uses HTML5 to emulate RDP.
      • David Brophy's avatar
        David Brophy
        Brass Contributor

        Lionel_B4 Out of interest which datacenter is your VM located in? During testing I found that the connection is very laggy as you describe to my VMs in the EU as the gateway connection is going from the EU to the US and back to the EU

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