Use Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac to connect to Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, admin-provided virtual apps and desktops, or remote PCs. With Microsoft Remote Desktop, you can be productive no matter where you are.

Note: Microsoft Remote Desktop is now known as Windows App for Mac.

Features

  • Access remote PCs running Windows Professional or Enterprise and Windows Server.
  • Access managed resources published by your admin.
  • Connect through a Remote Desktop Gateway.
  • Secure connection to your data and applications.
  • Simple management of your connections and user account from the Connection Center.
  • Audio and video streaming.
  • Redirect folders, your clipboard, and local devices such as microphones and cameras.

What's New

In this release we made the following updates:

  • Incorporated Liquid Glass styling and elements throughout the app (requires macOS 26 or later).
  • Refreshed the App Settings dialog.
  • Updated Teams VDI 2 components.
  • For managed PC endpoints the redirected folders list in Configure > Folders now includes the default folder in Settings > General.
  • Fixed Health Checks to ensure that Service Reachability and Gateways URLs are checked based on the current user.
  • Resolved inaccuracies with the Windows 365 Reserve remaining days count down.
  • Fixed a bug where activating a Reserve Cloud PC made other Cloud PC's associated with the account disappear.
  • Only the Activate and View Options menu items are now shown for unactivated Reserve PCs.
  • Resolved an issue where Frontline license acquisition took longer than 20s while connecting.
  • Added a new connection sequence status message that appears if Frontline license acquisition takes longer than 20s.
  • Added the "Powered Off" and "Hibernated" states to the device card.
  • Updated the View Details dialog to explain why Cloud PC actions are unavailable.
  • Disabled Cloud PC action menu items that aren't available in the current state.
  • Fixed a RemoteApp issue with SAP Logon which caused a message box to disappear when it lost focus.
  • Added more robust error handling around authentication token acquisition.
  • Added the ^1 and ^2 shortcuts to switch to the Devices and Apps tabs respectively.
  • Resolved duplicate in-app notifications that appeared when triggering a Cloud PC action.
  • Fixed app hangs that occurred when retrieving the account list, displaying notifications, or hovering over a device card.
  • Added the "MAS" prefix to the support ID in the About dialog to identify Appstore releases.
  • Addressed crashes that were showing up in error reporting.

This update requires macOS 14 and later. macOS 13 is no longer supported.

Microsoft Remote Desktop 11.3.3

In this release we included the following new features:

  • Added support for the Windows 365 "Under Review" feature.
  • Added support for the Windows 365 "Reserve" feature.
  • Added support for the Windows 365 "Cloud Apps" feature.
  • Modernized the Connection Information and Cloud PC Details dialogs.
  • Made changes to ensure that device card tags are always visible in thumbnail view to help identify the card type.

We also worked through the following bugs:

  • Fixed an issue where duplicate workspaces appeared after a refresh action.
  • Resolved a bug where Immersive mode wasn't correctly applied after toggling between windowed and full screen mode.
  • Fixed a bug where the Fn+F shortcut occasionally stopped working after switching between keyboard layouts.
  • Fixed an issue where the "Refresh All" toolbar button was enabled before all workspaces finished refreshing.
  • Addressed an issue where the remote Start menu unexpectedly appeared when clicking local menu bar commands.
  • Resolved reported localization issues.

In addition, we've also made numerous behind-the-scenes updates to improve performance and stability, and to lay the groundwork for upcoming features.

Microsoft Remote Desktop 11.1.8

In this release we made the following updates:

  • Resolved accessibility bugs.
  • Updated Azure Gov Cloud PC connections to use the correct Authority URI.
  • Changed the default for RDS and PC Connection tiles to show the associated credential.
  • Reduced chatter with the Windows 365 backend service.
  • Added new options to the Keyboard section of Preferences.
  • Cloud PC notifications are now stored and persist across app restarts.
  • Added notifications for cases where Cloud PC actions have failed.
  • Blocked the launch and import of RDP files for AVD-based connections.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when removing the Sort toolbar button.
  • Resolved a bug preventing AVD Private Link connections from succeeding.
  • Only show supported device actions for Frontline Shared connections.

Previous release notes

  • Removed the upper limit on the number of devices and apps that can be favorited.
  • Updated the Favorites tab to make better use of screen real estate.
  • Add the ability to control the visibility of resources by type, workspace or group with the new Filter feature.
  • Reworked the Preferences dialog for future expansion.
  • Updated device search to consider both the PC name and friendly name attributes.
  • Updated the First Run Experience banners and text.
  • Fixed a UI bug that prevented clipboard redirection settings from being changed.
  • Resolved an issue that blocked access to AVD workspaces if a tenant is configured for conditional access.

Version 11.0.1

  • Added in-app Cloud PC notifications.
  • Added horizontal scrollbars to the Favorites tab (which appear based on system scrollbar settings).
  • Added support for displaying empty workspaces.
  • Made fixes to address bugs in the command-line interface.
  • Updated images in the first-run experience.