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Update user identifier formats
SAM and UPN are supported
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The App Launcher tile will launch a URL of the form `https://<app-domain>/rdp/<vnet-id>/<target-ip>/<port>`. You may also navigate directly to this URL.
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4. Select the port that you want to connect to. The port selection screen only appears if the Access application allows RDP traffic on multiple ports (for example, port `3389` and port `65321`).
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5. (Optional) In your browser settings, allow the Access application to access the clipboard. Clipboard permissions grant the ability to copy or paste text between the local machine and the remote Windows machine.
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6. Enter your Windows username and password.
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6. Enter your Windows username and password. The section below on compatibility covers which formats are supported for login credentials.
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You now have access to the remote Windows desktop.
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| Other Chromium-based browsers (Opera, Brave) ||
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| Internet Explorer 11 and below ||
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### Windows login formats
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### User identifier formats
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Browser-based RDP supports connecting to Windows machines using the following login formats:
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Browser-based RDP supports connecting to Windows machines with the following formats:
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SAM, with or without spaces
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domain\user with spaces (domain max 20 chars, username max 15 chars)
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.\user with spaces (default domain, user max 20 chars)
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#### Security Accounts Manager (SAM)
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Example
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SAM is supported with and without spaces.
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User Principal Name (UPN), with spaces, quotes, or unquoted
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`domain\user with spaces` format:
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- The domain may have a maximum of 20 characters.
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- The username may have a maximum of 15 characters.
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`.\user` format:
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- This uses the default domain.
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- The username may have a maximum of 20 characters.
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Security Accounts Manager (SAM) format with spaces:
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"user with spaces"@domain.org
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Examples:
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- `DOMAIN\user with spaces`
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- `DOMAIN\user`
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#### User Principal Name (UPN)
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UPN is supported with spaces, quotes, and unquoted.
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Examples:
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- `"user with spaces"@domain.org`
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- `user with [email protected]`
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:::note
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Cloudflare will not configure any user identifier on the target. Any user identifier used to authenticate must be pre-configured on the server.
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:::
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### Cloudflare products
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