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On the **Enabling Remote Desktop Connection** message box, select **Continue with Remote Desktop**.
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> [!IMPORTANT]
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> Enabling **remote desktop connection** only opens the **RDP** port on Linux machines. You, as a teacher, connect to the Linux machine using SSH for the first time, and install RDP and GUI packages so that you can connect to the Linux machine using RDP later. Then, you **publish** the image so that students can RDP in to the student Linux VMs.
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When you select the **RDP** option, it downloads an RDP file. You open it to connect to the Linux machine.
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For more information on connecting to the VM using SSH or RDP, see [Connect using SSH or RDP]((#connect-using-ssh-or-rdp).
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## Teachers connecting to a student VM using RDP
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A lab owner (teacher/professor) can connect to a student VM by switching to the **Virtual Machines** view, and selecting the **connect** icon. Before that, teachers must **publish** the template image with RDP and GUI packages installed on it.
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A teacher/professor can connect to a student VM by switching to the **Virtual Machines** view, and selecting the **connect** icon. Before that, teachers must **publish** the template image with RDP and GUI packages installed on it.
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For more information on connecting to the VM using SSH or RDP, see [Connect using SSH or RDP]((#connect-using-ssh-or-rdp).
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## Students connecting to the student VM
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Student can RDP in to their Linux VMs after the lab owner (teacher/professor) **publishes** the template VM with RDP and GUI packages installed on the machine. Here are the steps:
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1. When a student signs in to the Labs portal directly (`https://labs.azure.com`) or by using a registration link (`https://labs.azure.com/register/<registrationCode>`), a tile for each lab the student has access to is displayed.
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2. On the tile, select **Start** if the VM is stopped.
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3. Select **Connect**. This action downloads the RDP file on to your machine. Save it and open to connect to the Linux machine via RDP.
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3. Select **Connect**. You see two options to connect to the VM: **SSH** and **Remote Desktop**.
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## Connect using SSH or RDP
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If you select the **SSH** option, you see the following **Connect to your virtual machine** dialog box:
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You can still connect to the Linux VM by using SSH. Select **... (ellipsis)** to see the SSH option.
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Select the **Copy** button next to the text box to copy it to the clipboard. Save the SSH connection string. Use this connection string from an SSH terminal (like [Putty](https://www.putty.org/)) to connect to the virtual machine.
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Copy and save the SSH connection string on the **Connect to your virtual machine** dialog box. Use this connection string from an SSH terminal (like [Putty](https://www.putty.org/)) to connect to the virtual machine.
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If you select the **RDP** option, an RDP file is downloaded on to your machine. Save it and open it to connect to the machine.
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