Mac RDC 2.0 support under W2K8 Terminal Services Gateway

[Guest gmj]

I’m trying to find MS documentation outlining the extent to which the Mac RDC

2.0 client can be used with W2K8 Terminal Services Gateway (e.g., using port

443, etc.; see

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/9da3742f-699d-4476-b050-c50aa14aaf081033.mspx) and how to configure it to do so.

 

Microsoft documentation seems to imply such functionality under the

following logic:

 

(1) The Mac RDC 2.0 client implements the RDP 6.0 protocols (see

http://mac.microsoft.com/MacOffice/en-US/Help/870500bb-d48d-4f90-b993-7d5a3f6f654c1033.mspx);

 

(2) Windows 2008 TSG is compatible with clients that support RDP 6.0

protocols (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925876); this KB article

specifically provides links to the 32- and 64-bit Windows XP/2003-based

clients that support RDP 6.0 protocols and therefore work with W2K8 TSG;

 

(3) Therefore, the Mac RDC 2.0 client should work with W2K8 TSG.

 

Besides, it seems unintuitive that the Mac RDC 2.0 client (to be released

well after the introduction of the RDP 6.1 protocols) should be

incompatible/less functional under W2K8 TSG. Yet, I can’t find anywhere in

the Microsoft documentation an explicit statement of support/functionality

for the Mac RDC 2.0 client under W2K8 TSG.

 

The new Vista SP1, W2K8, and XP SP3 Remote Desktop Client supports the RDP

6.1 protocols (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951616) and those are the

preferred clients with W2K8 TSG, adding support for TS Web Access

(http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/library/95258ce8-5ddd-42cb-9e95-cec19ef4f43d1033.mspx), signed RDP files, EasyPrint, NLA, etc.

 

So my specific questions are:

 

(a) What is the Mac RDC 2.0 functionality under W2K8 TSG and, if not

already, when will it implement the full RDP 6.1 protocols (to provide

functionality on par with the Windows RDC 6.1 clients.

 

(b) Where does Microsoft document how to configure the Mac RDC 2.0 client to

provide equivalent Windows RDC 6.1 client functionality?

 

Thanks!

[Guest William Smith]

Re: Mac RDC 2.0 support under W2K8 Terminal Services Gateway

 

gmj wrote:

> (a) What is the Mac RDC 2.0 functionality under W2K8 TSG and, if not

> already, when will it implement the full RDP 6.1 protocols (to provide

> functionality on par with the Windows RDC 6.1 clients.

>

> (b) Where does Microsoft document how to configure the Mac RDC 2.0 client to

> provide equivalent Windows RDC 6.1 client functionality?

 

I see you've already found the Microsoft Connect website for the RDC 2.0

beta. That's the best place to get answers.

 

Good luck!

 

--

 

bill

 

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows

Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>

Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

[Guest gmj]

Re: Mac RDC 2.0 support under W2K8 Terminal Services Gateway

 

Thanks Bill ... no one has responded to my Connect posting as yet; do you

know someone within your Mac/Windows interop group who has insight into my

issue/concern? I've raised similar interop issues in previous Connect

postings and had other chime in that the issues were also of concern to them,

but so far no Microsoft response ... that's one of the reasons for trying the

managed newsgroups. :-)

 

"William Smith" wrote:

 

I see you've already found the Microsoft Connect website for the RDC 2.0

beta. That's the best place to get answers.

 

Good luck!

[Guest William Smith]

Re: Mac RDC 2.0 support under W2K8 Terminal Services Gateway

 

gmj wrote:

> Thanks Bill ... no one has responded to my Connect posting as yet; do you

> know someone within your Mac/Windows interop group who has insight into my

> issue/concern? I've raised similar interop issues in previous Connect

> postings and had other chime in that the issues were also of concern to them,

> but so far no Microsoft response ... that's one of the reasons for trying the

> managed newsgroups. :-)

 

I'll see what I can do by sending your message to someone who's

responsible for documentation for RDC. Can't guarantee anything but I'll

ask that he post on the Connect website.

 

--

 

bill

 

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows

Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>

Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

[Guest gmj]

Re: Mac RDC 2.0 support under W2K8 Terminal Services Gateway

 

Thank you!

 

"William Smith" wrote:

I'll see what I can do by sending your message to someone who's

responsible for documentation for RDC. Can't guarantee anything but I'll

ask that he post on the Connect website.

 

--

 

bill

[Guest Bryan]

RE: Mac RDC 2.0 support under W2K8 Terminal Services Gateway

 

Have you found an answer to this yet?

[Guest gmj]

RE: Mac RDC 2.0 support under W2K8 Terminal Services Gateway

 

Hi Brian ... not yet, but I believe that MS understands the business needs

for such functionality from both the customer and their own marketing

perspectives. On the Connect site, others have made similar inquires/posts.

 

"Bryan" wrote:

 

Have you found an answer to this yet?