Skip to content

Commit 5e43412

Browse files
committed
Adding mutli-monitor instructions.
1 parent 7116897 commit 5e43412

File tree

1 file changed

+30
-3
lines changed

1 file changed

+30
-3
lines changed

articles/dev-box/tutorial-connect-to-dev-box-with-remote-desktop-app.md

Lines changed: 30 additions & 3 deletions
Original file line numberDiff line numberDiff line change
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
11
---
22
title: 'Tutorial: Use a Remote Desktop client to connect to a dev box'
3-
titleSuffix: Microsoft Dev Box Preview
4-
description: In this tutorial, you learn how to download a Remote Desktop client and connect to your dev box.
3+
titleSuffix: Microsoft Dev Box
4+
description: In this tutorial, you learn how to download a Remote Desktop client and connect to your dev box. You also learn how to configure a dev box to use multiple monitors during a remote desktop session.
55
services: dev-box
66
ms.service: dev-box
77
ms.author: rosemalcolm
88
author: RoseHJM
9-
ms.date: 29/03/2023
9+
ms.date: 03/29/2023
1010
ms.topic: tutorial
1111
---
1212

@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ Remote Desktop apps let you use and control a dev box from almost any device. Fo
1818

1919
In this tutorial, you download a Remote Desktop client (Windows and non-Windows). You then use that client to connect to a dev box.
2020

21+
In this tutorial, you learn how to:
22+
23+
> [!div class="checklist"]
24+
> * [Download a remote desktop client.]
25+
> * [Connect to an existing dev box.]
26+
> * [Configure the remote desktop client for multiple monitors.]
27+
2128
## Prerequisites
2229

2330
To complete this tutorial, you must first:
@@ -93,6 +100,26 @@ To use a non-Windows Remote Desktop client to connect to your dev box:
93100

94101
---
95102

103+
## Configure Remote Desktop to use multiple monitors
104+
105+
Microsoft Remote Desktop for Windows and Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac both support up to 16 monitors. Use the following steps to configure Remote Desktop to use multiple monitors.
106+
107+
1. Open Remote Desktop.
108+
109+
1. Right-click the dev box you want to configure, and then select **Settings**.
110+
111+
1. On the settings pane, turn off **Use default settings**.
112+
113+
1. In **Display Settings**, in the **Display configuration** list, select the displays to use:
114+
115+
|Value |Description |
116+
|---------|---------|
117+
|All displays |Remote desktop uses all available displays. |
118+
|Single display |Remote desktop uses a single display. |
119+
|Select displays |You can select which of your displays you'd like Remote Desktop to use. |
120+
121+
122+
96123
## Clean up resources
97124

98125
Dev boxes incur costs whenever they're running. When you finish using your dev box, shut down or stop it to avoid incurring unnecessary costs.

0 commit comments

Comments
 (0)