Good for me, but not so much for the end user.
Maybe I should post this on an Apple site as it looks like I am now going to sell 3 new Windows 7 Laptops to replace the "incompatible" Apples ones. If I have to use a VPN, then the FREE MS RDP Client does the job fine and I would not need to use i-Tap. I was hoping maybe some out here has also tried this and could shed some light on the matter.įrom my testing of i-Tap, it does not work with RWA/Remote Desktop Gateway. So I am seeking to see if anyone actually has had any practical knowledge of whether the i-Tap app can actually work with Remote Desktop Gateway or not.
I have successfully used the MS RDP client for Mac to connect to a Windows 7 PC via a VPN which hence has direct access to the remote PC network, but I am trying to get a Mac to work using RDP via the RWA/Remote Desktop Gateway. On a Mac I can connect using Firefox or Safari to the Remote Web Access (RWA) page and use the remote folders fine. The SBS and RDP system all works fine from a Windows client using either IE or Firefox. If that doesn't work, you can also opt to port translate to the Win7 machine but using a different RDP port# (change it on the client), but that would break SBS's control on it. I've never tried to connect to a Windows 7 behind an SBS whether using WIndows 7 or a MAC. I usually instruct my SBS customers to connect using the Remote Web Services using IE, then select their machine in the list. Have you tested this with a WIndows 7 client from the outside? I want to connect to a Remote Desktop on a Windows 7 PC connected to a Small Business Server 2011 Domain which I am accessing via Remote Web Access then using the Remote Desktop Gateway from a Mac Book. This kinda says to me that it does not support it.Ĭan any confirm or deny if this i-Tap app does actually support this type of connection or not. I have asked directly if the i-Tap app will support this type of connection and I have not had a single response to this question. I have tried a few times to contact their support on a number a of occasions over the last few weeks, but they have not responded to me with anything of use.
I have tried the trial version of i-Tap on a Mac Book and I have NOT been able to get it work with Remote Desktop Gateway.
This posting is provided AS-IS with no warranties or guarantees and confers no rights. Microsoft MVP - Directory Services Complete List of Technical Blogs: MVP, MCT, MCITP Enterprise Administrator, MCTS Windows 2008 & Exchange 2007 & Exchange 2010, Exchange 2010 Enterprise Administrator, MCSE & MCSA 2003/2000, MCSA Messaging 2003 Which supports all the same features as the Windows version.
I am even willing to offer to my clients a paid version as well but as of yet I haven't found one, plus I believe as others do that Microsoft or Apple should develop a rdp client for the MAC I would much prefer to have a MAC RDP client which supports RD Gateway settings. (The resolution and response time is poor in comparison to rdp) I set up logmein and let them connect with it. (This cumbersome and most of the time they forget to connect to the VPN first and then I hear that it doesn't work whenĢ. I set up vpn and have them connect using rdp. Yes iTap works great on the iPad but there is no solution for the MAC.ġ. Have an issue but i am unable to find a tool which works with MAC. I set up servers as an RD gateway and none of the end users with windows I am a IT consultant and have the same serious issue that most of the individuals have here.
The alternative is to lose customers to Citrix, cost be darned. At the least, give us a yes or no instead of leaving the situation "dangling". My post here = another voice and vote for Microsoft to step up and implement gateway support for the Mac RDP client. The blog link provided has 10 pages of comments, with a great many calling for Mac gateway support. Services are a great solution, except for this one glaring hole. This is frustrating, and painful to support compared to a single system. We're another shop with a large 2008 R2 RemoteApp solution that had to slice off some servers and provide a plain-jane, non-gateway solution for our Mac users to connect to.
The "sharing of information" is moot, due to the fact that iTap mobile, a 3rd party vendor, provides Windows gateway RDP functionality to OSi and Android users.