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Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings

Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings

Written By Anoop C Nair
Last Updated August 28, 2024
Posted In AVD
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Let’s check how to Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings. In this post, you will find a way to Download the AVD Session Desktop RDP file or RDPW File to check RDP settings for troubleshooting.

I have been working on some AVD RDP settings issues and wanted to check whether the RDP configurations flow to the AVD RDP client.

Let’s learn how to check the RDP settings configured on the server side (Azure portal) flowing down to the AVD web client. The Azure portal has many AVD RDP setting options, and there are four (4) segregations of RDP settings.

  • Connection Information
  • Session Behavior
  • Device Redirection
  • Display settings
  • Advanced

Why Download RDP | RDPW File?

As I mentioned above, the RDP/RDPW file is required to check whether your server-side RDP settings to the configuration are getting down to the AVD client-side.

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For example, you have configured USB storage redirection RDP settings from the Azure portal using the following option:

  • USB redirection (usbdevicestoredirect:s: value – USB redirection)
    • Redirect all USB devices that another high-level redirection has not already redirected.
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings - Fig.1
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings – Fig.1

You can confirm the actual value of the Advanced tab in RDP settings for the host pool from the Azure portal AVD section.

usbdevicestoredirect:s:*
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings - Fig.2
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings – Fig.2

How to Download AVD Session Desktop RDP | RDPW File?

Let’s find out how to download the AVD Session Desktop RDP | RDPW File.

NOTE! – The download RDP Settings file option is not available for non-web client versions of AVD. So, you won’t download the RDP file for the AVD session host from MSI/Microsoft Store AVD client.

  • First, you must log in to the AVD web client portal.
  • After logging in, click on the Settings option on the right-hand side of your web client portal.
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings - Fig.3
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings – Fig.3

Select the option to download the RDP file.

NOTE! – Make sure you change the option back to Open resources in the browser once you download the WVD RDP file. Otherwise, you won’t be able to access the session host from the web client.

Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings - Fig.4
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings – Fig.4

Results

Let’s check and confirm whether the RDP settings are flowing down from the results below.

Click on the Session Host icon from your AVD workspace to download the RDP file.

There are two options to view the file.

Select Open to view the RDP file without downloading it.

Select Save File to download the RDP/RDPW file.

Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings - Fig.5
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings – Fig.5
  • Open the SessionDesktop.rdpw file with the Notepad application.
  • Check whether the USB storage redirects RDP settings (usbdevicestoredirect:s:*) are available.

So, we can confirm that the USB redirection RDP settings configured in the Azure portal are flowing to the client side.

Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings - Fig.6
Download AVD Session Desktop RDP File RDPW File to Check RDP Settings – Fig.6

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Anoop C Nair has been Microsoft MVP for 10 consecutive years from 2015 onwards. He is a Workplace Solution Architect with more than 22+ years of experience in Workplace technologies. He is a Blogger, Speaker, and Local User Group Community leader. His primary focus is on Device Management technologies like SCCM and Intune. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security, Career, etc.

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Anoop C Nair is Workplace Technology solution architect with 25+ years of experience in global enterprise organizations such as JP Morgan, Capgemini, etc. Microsoft Certified Trainer. Microsoft MVP from 2015 onwards for consecutive 11+ years! He also conducts Intune and modern workplace tech training for enterprise organizations. He is Blogger, Speaker, and Founder of HTMD Community and HTMD Conference. His main focus is on Device Management technologies like Intune, Windows, Cloud PC. He writes about technologies like Intune, SCCM, Windows, Cloud PC, Windows, Entra, Microsoft Security.

Discussion · 4 comments

  1. Its worth noting that you can – in fact you automatically, download the RDP files in the Windows WVD Client (MSRDC). These are automatically downloaded to %localappdata%\rdclientwpf when you subscribe to the WVD resource feed and then every time you do a refresh.
    The RDP files are in a per Workspace GUID folder: %localappdata%\rdclientwpf\%GUID%\ which is difficult to work out. So you need to open the xyz.RDP file in Notepad and look for either remotedesktopname:s: or remoteapplicationname:s section to definitively identify which desktop/remoteapp this file relates to. Once you have found it then you will see the redirections at the top of the file.
    You can make changes to the RDP properties in the portal – then do a refresh in the WVD client and the client will download an updated version of the RDP file which will no have the updated setting within it.

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  2. Hello Anoop, Need your expert guidance

    I have 2 user cases w.r.t WVD session desktop:
    1. Launch Session Desktop automatically when my laptop starts and followed by
    2. AAD user to automatically login to Session Desktop without prompting for credentials?

    Regards,
    Ravi

    Reply

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