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[ZT] RDP user experience details (cloudflare#23333)
* Update end user exp Saving changes for end user exp * Update user identifier formats SAM and UPN are supported * adding in known limitations * adding addtl UPN example * more examples for SAM * adding clipboard file formats supported * adjustments thanks to some feedback! * edit for clarity * clipboard support depends on the local program * fix casing * Update src/content/docs/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/use-cases/rdp/rdp-browser.mdx --------- Co-authored-by: Ann Ming Samborski <[email protected]>
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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. For more information on supported login credentials, refer to [User identifier formats](#user-identifier-formats).
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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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### Cloudflare products
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### User identifier formats
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<Render file="access/self-hosted-app/product-compatibility" product="cloudflare-one" />
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Browser-based RDP supports connecting to Windows machines using the following login credentials:
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## Known limitations
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#### Security Account Manager (SAM)
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SAM-formatted user identifiers are supported with and without spaces.
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Examples:
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- `DOMAIN\username`
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- `DOMAIN\username with spaces`
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- `.\username`
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- `.\username with spaces`
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- `username`
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- `username with spaces`
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<Details header = "Character limits" open= {true}>
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Identifiers which specify a domain, such as `DOMAIN\username`, can have a maximum of 20 characters for the domain and 15 characters for the username.
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Identifiers without a domain, such as `.\username`, will use the default domain. The username can have a maximum of 20 characters.
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</Details>
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#### User Principal Name (UPN)
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Browser-based RDP does not currently support:
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UPN-formatted user identifiers are supported with spaces, with and without quotes.
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- TLS certificate verification: Cloudflare uses TLS to connect to the target RDP server but does not verify the origin TLS certificate.
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- [WARP authentication](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/#configure-warp-sessions-in-access)
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- Audio over RDP
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Examples:
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- `"username with spaces"@domain.org`
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- `username with [email protected]`
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:::note
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Cloudflare will not configure user identifiers on the RDP target. Any user identifier used to authenticate must be pre-configured on the server.
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### Cloudflare products
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<Render file="access/self-hosted-app/product-compatibility" product="cloudflare-one" />
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## Known limitations
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- **TLS certificate verification**: Cloudflare uses TLS to connect to the RDP target but does not verify the origin TLS certificate.
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- **WARP authentication**: Users cannot authenticate to RDP targets using their [WARP session identity](/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-devices/warp/configure-warp/warp-sessions/#configure-warp-sessions-in-access).
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- **Audio over RDP**: Users cannot use their microphone and speaker to interact with the remote machine.
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- **Clipboard controls**: Admins do not have the ability to restrict copy/paste actions between the remote machine and the user's local clipboard.
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- **File transfers**: Users cannot copy/paste files from their local machine to the remote machine and vice versa.

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