Microsoft Remote Desktop 8 Mac

Access your [powered-on] work computer from home to use its programs and files.

Operating system: Macintosh 10.12+ [home computer] to Windows 7+ [work computer]

Processor: 64-bit

Getting ready

1. Contact your IT support to configure your University computer for remote desktop connectivity.
2. Make sure your university computer is on and locked before you leave. If your workstation computer is off, you will not be able to remote into it.

Set up your home Mac [first time only]

1. On your home Mac, download the free Microsoft Remote Desktop 10 from the Mac App Store

• Follow the onscreen prompts to install and open the program [you will need to sign in with your Apple ID]
• If you would like to use your microphone and camera, click OK

2. Click the Microsoft Remote Desktop Menu [top left of your screen] and then select Preferences

Mac OS X Remote Desktop Connection Instructions

1. Open the Microsoft Remote Desktop application
2. Click the "+" icon
3. Select PC
4. For PC Name, enter the name of the remote computer to connect to. Or check How to find my computer name
5. For User Account, click the dropdown to change the setting
6. Click Add User Account
7. For User Name, type in Domain\Username
8. For Password, type your UMKC Username Password. Note: you will need to update your Remote Desktop settings every time you change your UMKC Username password.
9. Click Save
10. For Friendly Name, enter the PC name
11. Click on no gateway to change the setting
12. Select Add Gateway from the dropdown
13. For Server Name, enter tsg.umkc.edu
14. For User Account, click Use PC User account
15. Select your UMKC username from the list
16. Click Add
17. Click Add again
18. To initiate the connection, double click on your PC Name tile
19. Click Show Certificate
20. Click Always Trust to prevent seeing this warning again for the PC specified
21. Click Continue

If you have not recently connected to this computer there will be a delay as your profile is created. This is normal.
You are now connected!

For the most part the latest Remote Desktop 10 app is the best option if you need to RDP on your Mac. However Remote Desktop 10 requires macOS Sierra 10.12 or later, so there’s several reasons why it might not be possible or convenient to install it:

• Your Mac is too old to run macOS Sierra
• Updating macOS may break other legacy applications on your Mac
• You don’t have an Apple ID available to use to upgrade macOS via the App Store
• You don’t have time to upgrade macOS

Installing Remote Desktop 8 is a good workaround, as it can run on older versions of macOS. However unfortunately it is no longer available on the Mac App Store or from Microsoft. There are some software download sites that offer Remote Desktop 8, however they are likely to contain malware.

For these reasons we have uploaded Remote Desktop 8 for Mac right here to Macsx. The application has been taken from an older Mac which already had it installed, so no chance of malware. Simply click on the button below to download it:

Microsoft Remote Desktop 8 for MacDownload

Looking for the newer Remote Desktop 10 instead?

Then check out this macsx article on how to download Remote Desktop 10 for your Mac without using the App Store.

Issues? Questions?

Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any issues or questions about using Remote Desktop 8 on your Mac!