Remote access to virtual Windows 10 machines at FB5 (VDI)

Prerequisite: You followed the preparations.

1. Start your VPN client and change the VPN server address to vpn-hc.uni-bremen.de/geo-rds . Specify your Uni-Bremen-username (including @uni-bremen.de) and the corresponding password for the VPN connection

2. In a web browser: connect to the start page.
3. You have to log in with Domain\username:  geovdi\YOUR_GEOVDI_USERNAME and YOUR_GEOVDI_PASSWORD
   
4. Click PoolV6-Win10-np.rdp . This should either open "Remotedesktop Connection" or offer to download the file. After download, right click and "open with: Remote Desktop Connection"  . (For Linux and probably Mac this has to be handled differently)
   If it does not happen automatically: On your Windows PC, activate the Remote Desktop Client (e.g., type "remote desktop" in the command field of the Windows taskbar and activate the RD client)
5. Trust the certificate of rdlic.geovdi.geo.uni-bremen.de
6. After some seconds you will see a window "Anmeldeinformationen eingeben". If it does NOT show "GEOVDI\YOUR_GEOVDI_USERNAME" select "Weitere Optionen" Select "Anderes Konto verwenden" and specify "GEOVDI\YOUR_GEOVDI_USERNAME" together with your password
7. If you get a window informing about login problems with "RDSGW2..." just enter your password again.

• Download and install a recent version of Freerdp (from https://www.freerdp.com/ or distribution repositories)
• Follow steps 1 to 3 of the Windows description above.
• Click PoolV6-Win10-np.rdp and download that file. The file name might change to cpub-PoolV6-Win10-np-PoolV6-Win10-np-CmsTempVm.rdp or so.
• Example: xfreerdp cpub-PoolV6-Win10-np-PoolV6-Win10-np-CmsTempVm.rdp /d:geovdi /u:YOUR_USER_NAME /gt:rpc
  If you have two monitors you might want to add the option " /monitors:0 "
• You will have to type in your password twice.
• It might take one or two minutes until the Windows desktop is ready. You can toggle fullscreen via "CNTL-ALT-Enter".

• Search for "Microsoft-Remotedesktop" in the Mac App store and read instructions and Datenschutz comments. If you like that download and install the app
• Follow steps 1 to 3 of the Windows description above.
• Click the icon PoolV6-Win10-np.rdp and download that file. Click the file, which should offer to be opened by "Microsoft-Remotedesktop"
• Follow steps 5 to 7 of the Windows description above.

• How to change your password
  
• You can only use one of this desktops at a time
• After logout your stored data will be available after next login
• Data storage in your profile (Desktop, Downloads, ...) is limited to 10GB.
• Additional storage is available via drive  " Z: " , which resides on a fileserver
• Your virtual Windows 10 machine has 4 cores and 32GB RAM
• Unfortunately, there is no support for graphics hardware
• Data exchange should be done by external tools
• Please, do not share your home PC drives with this Windows-10 desktop! There are security reasons and we will remove this feature soon.
• There is NO BACKUP and no guarantee for your data on our machines!  Always have at least on copy on external devices (like Seafile, which might be replaced in 2023 by something else).
  
• The file name PoolV6-Win10-np.rdp will change over time for updated versions.