RDP file download provides an alternative way to access a Windows CloudShare VM with a public IP. CloudShare provides an external RDP file per VM, which you can download directly from the Environment Details page, save to your local machine, and run whenever you want to access the VM.
To download an RDP file:
- Click the Infrastructure button.
- Click the Environments List tab from the left menu and select the relevant environment.
- The Virtual Machines tab of the Environment Details page lists all the VMs in this environment (each row is a VM), as shown below:
- Click the ellipsis
menu icon on the right of the relevant VM and select the Download RDP File option. You will be prompted by your browser to open or save the file.
- If you choose Open, you will immediately be prompted to enter the VM credentials information. If you choose to Save to your local machine, you can easily connect to your VM at any time by running the saved RDP file without the need to log in to CloudShare.