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Hello, I am cedrozor the author of Myrtille, a project that started in 2007 as a challenge for fun with former work colleagues, on our spare time. The goal was to provide a native web access, for a simplified user experience, to remote servers and applications. We wanted legacy desktop applications to be as easy to use as a website, accessible from a single URL, making them literally “web apps”.
It was originally the idea of UltraSam, the author of UltraVNC (another well known open source project), who was before that my project manager in a teleconferencing company based in France. But instead of the VNC protocol, we focused more on RDP because the rest of the team (including me) was more into .NET/C# development and we wanted something new in the Windows environment. That said, Myrtille relies on an abstraction layer and could easily integrate VNC or any other protocol (as it was done with SSH).
We started with RDesktop, but moved quickly to FreeRDP when it was released! :)
I have tried to keep the Myrtille footprint into FreeRDP as minimal as possible. Myrtille communicates with FreeRDP through named pipes (IPC), in order to maintain a FIFO data transfer. User inputs (keyboard, mouse, touchscreen, etc.) are captured by the browser (using javascript) and forwarded through the RDP session, while display updates (regions of the screen that have changed) are compressed into PNG, JPEG or WEBP images and sent to the browser (using websocket, server-sent events (HTML5) or even long-polling (HTML4)).
Because FreeRDP is a big project, I wanted an easy way to track the Myrtille code within it (whenever I couldn’t have it into separate files). Thus, all the Myrtille code is surrounded by “#pragma region Myrtille” and “#pragma endregion” tags. This is very handy when I need to resynchronize the Myrtille fork of FreeRDP with the FreeRDP repository! Because, of course, I want Myrtille to benefit from the latest features, optimizations and bug fixes from FreeRDP! :) in this process, I may also find and fix bugs in FreeRDP, then inform the FreeRDP team.
In an earlier version (0.9.x), The Windows FreeRDP client (wfreerdp) was written in C++. It’s possible to mix C and C++ code in a single project, so I was able to keep most of the code I wrote years ago and benefit from some C++ improvements over C (OOP, GDI+ image processing, etc.).
I also wanted to have a clean separation of concern between Myrtille and FreeRDP, so each RDP connection spawns a FreeRDP process. This makes it easier to track all active connections and if necessary disconnect one by killing its process.
From the start we decided that we didn’t want any plugin, extension or whatsoever in the browser. It would be a pure HTML/JS/CSS implementation. We also wanted to avoid javascript libraries whenever possible (and reasonable), to avoid useless (and countless) dependencies and keep the code low profiled. For simple tasks (and Myrtille doesn’t require/do anything fancy), I think it’s fine (and even good) to simply use vanilla javascript. Javascript is a powerful language, constantly evolving, and I have fun learning and harnessing it. I’m also a minimalist person who loves to get its hands dirty in the engine to see how things work on a lower level! :p
It was even more difficult back in time (2007), because websockets and canvas (HTML5) weren’t available. We had to rely on XmlHttp requests, long polling and divs (HTML 4), with of course different implementations in different browsers (no typescript back then). IE was still widely used at this time, so we wanted our PoC to run on the first version that supported XmlHttp, namely IE6 (to add even more difficulty!).
That said, that was before SignalR was available to abstract and simplify network communication (automatic and transparent switching of protocols in case one of them is not available or fails). If Myrtille were to start today, I would of course make use of it (in addition to a few other libraries). Another thing I would do would be to use .NET core and the latest new stuff, in order to take Myrtille forward in the future and also have it on multiple platforms (using xfreerdp on Linux, for example). This is planned in fact, and I could use some help for it (any contribution is welcome!). Another option would be to have a commercial version of Myrtille, with a paid license to support these developments (because it’s a lot of work and I now have to earn a living, as an independent developer).
Among the upcoming features, file transfer is the next improvement goal. Microphone support is also planned. Maybe also smart cards after that. A separation of the Myrtille gateway and services is also planned, for an easier configuration of the gateway into a DMZ, and further enhance the security (the installer will allow to select the module to be installed; currently this must be done manually). Still about security, I would like to offer another 2FA out of the box (probably Google Authenticator).
Regarding the user interface, I think Myrtille also needs a little visual rework. The login page, the toolbar will be redesigned with better flat styles, colors and icons.
About deployment and integration (and devops by extension), I would like also to bring more cloud support to Myrtille; Azure obviously, because of its integration within the Microsoft/Windows ecosystem, but not only (Amazon, Google, etc.). Myrtille already have a Docker image, but there are some limitations regarding print and audio. I will also look into that.
Responsiveness is the key to a good user experience. I tried hard to chase for every millisecond I could save in the roundtrip workflow. That’s also why I wanted a lightweight javascript code from the start. The Myrtille gateway is also just that, a link between the browser and FreeRDP, maintaining the correlation between the http and rdp sessions, receiving/forwarding data from/to both sides.
Whenever possible, I try to parallelize the processing. The user inputs and display updates, for example, are asynchronous. You can have a display change resulting from a user action, or not. What is important however, is to maintain the order in which they occur. I decided to use named pipes between the gateway and FreeRDP, because they are FIFO queues and maintain such an order. XmlHttp requests and websocket messages are also delivered in order, and so are long polling DOM injections and server-sent events (SSE).
A path for improvement would be to use hardware accelerated graphics and take advantage of the H.264/AVC encoding supported by FreeRDP. Myrtille actually relies on images (PNG/JPEG/WEBP), generated by GDI+ (win32 API, software), but this could be replaced by a video stream (MP4/OGG/WEBM, etc.), generated by FreeRDP (against hardware, or software when using a VM), and pushed from the gateway to the browser into an HTML5 <video> tag or handled by a modern web API (MediaSource, WebRTC, etc.).
Many thanks to the FreeRDP team for this wonderful project! It is not an easy task when working with such a complex protocol and with so many changes over the years.
If you want to know more about Myrtille and its offered services (support, training, etc.), watch demo/tutorial videos or get in touch, you can consult our website.
-->The following table includes the list of supported RDP file settings that you can use with the Remote Desktop clients. When configuring settings, check Client comparisons to see which redirections each client supports.
The table also highlights which settings are supported as custom properties with Windows Virtual Desktop. You can refer to this documentation detailing how to use PowerShell to customize RDP properties for Windows Virtual Desktop host pools.
Connection information
| RDP setting | Description | Values | Default value | Windows Virtual Desktop support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full address:s:value | PC Name: This setting specifies the name or IP address of the remote computer that you want to connect to. This is the only required setting in an RDP file. | A valid name, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address. | No | |
| alternate full address:s:value | Specifies an alternate name or IP address of the remote computer. | A valid name, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address. | No | |
| username:s:value | Specifies the name of the user account that will be used to sign in to the remote computer. | Any valid username. | No | |
| domain:s:value | Specifies the name of the domain in which the user account that will be used to sign in to the remote computer is located. | A valid domain name, such as 'CONTOSO'. | No | |
| gatewayhostname:s:value | Specifies the RD Gateway host name. | A valid name, IPv4 address, or IPv6 address. | No | |
| gatewaycredentialssource:i:value | Specifies the RD Gateway authentication method. | - 0: Ask for password (NTLM) - 1: Use smart card - 2: Use the credentials for the currently logged on user. - 3: Prompt the user for their credentials and use basic authentication - 4: Allow user to select later - 5: Use cookie-based authentication | 0 | No |
| gatewayprofileusagemethod:i:value | Specifies whether to use default RD Gateway settings. | - 0: Use the default profile mode, as specified by the administrator - 1: Use explicit settings, as specified by the user | 0 | No |
| gatewayusagemethod:i:value | Specifies when to use an RD Gateway for the connection. | - 0: Don't use an RD Gateway - 1: Always use an RD Gateway - 2: Use an RD Gateway if a direct connection cannot be made to the RD Session Host - 3: Use the default RD Gateway settings - 4: Don't use an RD Gateway, bypass gateway for local addresses Setting this property value to 0 or 4 are effectively equivalent, but setting this property to 4 enables the option to bypass local addresses. | 0 | No |
| promptcredentialonce:i:value | Determines whether a user's credentials are saved and used for both the RD Gateway and the remote computer. | - 0: Remote session will not use the same credentials - 1: Remote session will use the same credentials | 1 | No |
| authentication level:i:value | Defines the server authentication level settings. | - 0: If server authentication fails, connect to the computer without warning (Connect and don't warn me) - 1: If server authentication fails, don't establish a connection (Don't connect) - 2: If server authentication fails, show a warning and allow me to connect or refuse the connection (Warn me) - 3: No authentication requirement specified. | 3 | No |
| enablecredsspsupport:i:value | Determines whether the client will use the Credential Security Support Provider (CredSSP) for authentication if it is available. | - 0: RDP will not use CredSSP, even if the operating system supports CredSSP - 1: RDP will use CredSSP if the operating system supports CredSSP | 1 | Yes |
| disableconnectionsharing:i:value | Determines whether the client reconnects to any existing disconnected session or initiate a new connection when a new connection is launched. | - 0: Reconnect to any existing session - 1: Initiate new connection | 0 | No |
| alternate shell:s:value | Specifies a program to be started automatically in the remote session as the shell instead of explorer. | Valid path to an executable file, such as 'C:ProgramFilesOfficeword.exe' | Yes |
Session behavior
| RDP setting | Description | Values | Default value | Windows Virtual Desktop support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| autoreconnection enabled:i:value | Determines whether the client will automatically try to reconnect to the remote computer if the connection is dropped, such as when there's a network connectivity interruption. | - 0: Client does not automatically try to reconnect - 1: Client automatically tries to reconnect | 1 | Yes |
| bandwidthautodetect:i:value | Determines whether or not to use automatic network bandwidth detection. Requires bandwidthautodetect to be set to 1. | - 0: Disable automatic network type detection - 1: Enable automatic network type detection | 1 | Yes |
| networkautodetect:i:value | Determines whether automatic network type detection is enabled | - 0: Don't use automatic network bandwidth detection - 1: Use automatic network bandwidth detection | 1 | Yes |
| compression:i:value | Determines whether bulk compression is enabled when it is transmitted by RDP to the local computer. | - 0: Disable RDP bulk compression - 1: Enable RDP bulk compression | 1 | Yes |
| videoplaybackmode:i:value | Determines if the connection will use RDP-efficient multimedia streaming for video playback. | - 0: Don't use RDP efficient multimedia streaming for video playback - 1: Use RDP-efficient multimedia streaming for video playback when possible | 1 | Yes |
Device redirection
| RDP setting | Description | Values | Default value | Windows Virtual Desktop support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| audiocapturemode:i:value | Microphone redirection: Indicates whether audio input redirection is enabled. | - 0: Disable audio capture from the local device - 1: Enable audio capture from the local device and redirection to an audio application in the remote session | 0 | Yes |
| encode redirected video capture:i:value | Enables or disables encoding of redirected video. | - 0: Disable encoding of redirected video - 1: Enable encoding of redirected video | 1 | Yes |
| redirected video capture encoding quality:i:value | Controls the quality of encoded video. | - 0: High compression video. Quality may suffer when there is a lot of motion. - 1: Medium compression. - 2: Low compression video with high picture quality. | 0 | Yes |
| audiomode:i:value | Audio output location: Determines whether the local or remote machine plays audio. | - 0: Play sounds on the local computer (Play on this computer) - 1: Play sounds on the remote computer (Play on remote computer) - 2: Do not play sounds (Do not play) | 0 | Yes |
| camerastoredirect:s:value | Camera redirection: Configures which cameras to redirect. This setting uses a semicolon-delimited list of KSCATEGORY_VIDEO_CAMERA interfaces of cameras enabled for redirection. | - * : Redirect all cameras - List of cameras, such as camerastoredirect:s:?usb#vid_0bda&pid_58b0&mi - One can exclude a specific camera by prepending the symbolic link string with '-' | Don't redirect any cameras | Yes |
| devicestoredirect:s:value | Plug and play device redirection: Determines which devices on the local computer will be redirected and available in the remote session. | - *: Redirect all supported devices, including ones that are connected later - Valid hardware ID for one or more devices - DynamicDevices: Redirect all supported devices that are connected later | Don't redirect any devices | Yes |
| drivestoredirect:s:value | Drive/storage redirection: Determines which disk drives on the local computer will be redirected and available in the remote session. | - No value specified: don't redirect any drives - * : Redirect all disk drives, including drives that are connected later - DynamicDrives: redirect any drives that are connected later - The drive and labels for one or more drives, such as 'drivestoredirect:s:C:;E:;': redirect the specified drive(s) | Don't redirect any drives | Yes |
| keyboardhook:i:value | Determines when Windows key combinations (WIN key, ALT+TAB) are applied to the remote session for desktop connections. | - 0: Windows key combinations are applied on the local computer - 1: Windows key combinations are applied on the remote computer when in focus - 2: Windows key combinations are applied on the remote computer in full screen mode only | 2 | Yes |
| redirectclipboard:i:value | Clipboard redirection: Determines whether clipboard redirection is enabled. | - 0: Clipboard on local computer isn't available in remote session - 1: Clipboard on local computer is available in remote session | 1 | Yes |
| redirectcomports:i:value | COM ports redirection: Determines whether COM (serial) ports on the local computer will be redirected and available in the remote session. | - 0: COM ports on the local computer are not available in the remote session - 1: COM ports on the local computer are available in the remote session | 0 | Yes |
| redirectprinters:i:value | Printer redirection: Determines whether printers configured on the local computer will be redirected and available in the remote session | - 0: The printers on the local computer are not available in the remote session - 1: The printers on the local computer are available in the remote session | 1 | Yes |
| redirectsmartcards:i:value | Smart card redirection: Determines whether smart card devices on the local computer will be redirected and available in the remote session. | - 0: The smart card device on the local computer is not available in the remote session - 1: The smart card device on the local computer is available in the remote session | 1 | Yes |
| usbdevicestoredirect:s:value | USB redirection | - *: Redirect all USB devices that are not already redirected by another high-level redirection - {Device Setup Class GUID}: Redirect all devices that are members of the specified device setup class - USBInstanceID: Redirect a specific USB device identified by the instance ID | Don't redirect any USB devices | Yes |
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Display settings
| RDP setting | Description | Values | Default value | Windows Virtual Desktop support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| use multimon:i:value | Determines whether the remote session will use one or multiple displays from the local computer. | - 0: Don't enable multiple display support - 1: Enable multiple display support | 1 | Yes |
| selectedmonitors:s:value | Specifies which local displays to use from the remote session. The selected displays must be contiguous. Requires use multimon to be set to 1. Only available on the Windows Inbox (MSTSC) and Windows Desktop (MSRDC) clients. | Comma separated list of machine-specific display IDs. IDs can be retrieved by calling mstsc.exe /l. The first ID listed will be set as the primary display in the session. | All displays | Yes |
| maximizetocurrentdisplays:i:value | Determines which display the remote session goes full screen on when maximizing. Requires use multimon to be set to 1. Only available on the Windows Desktop (MSRDC) client. | - 0: Session goes full screen on the displays initially selected when maximizing - 1: Session dynamically goes full screen on the displays touched by the session window when maximizing | 0 | Yes |
| singlemoninwindowedmode:i:value | Determines whether a multi display remote session automatically switches to single display when exiting full screen. Requires use multimon to be set to 1. Only available on the Windows Desktop (MSRDC) client. | - 0: Session retains all displays when exiting full screen - 1: Session switches to single display when exiting full screen | 0 | Yes |
| screen mode id:i:value | Determines whether the remote session window appears full screen when you launch the connection. | - 1: The remote session will appear in a window - 2: The remote session will appear full screen | 2 | Yes |
| smart sizing:i:value | Determines whether or not the local computer scales the content of the remote session to fit the window size. | - 0: The local window content won't scale when resized - 1: The local window content will scale when resized | 0 | Yes |
| dynamic resolution:i:value | Determines whether the resolution of the remote session is automatically updated when the local window is resized. | - 0: Session resolution remains static for the duration of the session - 1: Session resolution updates as the local window resizes | 1 | Yes |
| desktop size id:i:value | Specifies the dimensions of the remote session desktop from a set of pre-defined options. This setting is overridden if desktopheight and desktopwidth are specified. | -0: 640×480 - 1: 800×600 - 2: 1024×768 - 3: 1280×1024 - 4: 1600×1200 | 1 | Yes |
| desktopheight:i:value | Specifies the resolution height (in pixels) of the remote session. | Numerical value between 200 and 8192 | Match the local computer | Yes |
| desktopwidth:i:value | Specifies the resolution width (in pixels) of the remote session. | Numerical value between 200 and 8192 | Match the local computer | Yes |
| desktopscalefactor:i:value | Specifies the scale factor of the remote session to make the content appear larger. | Numerical value from the following list: 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 250, 300, 400, 500 | 100 | Yes |
RemoteApp
Microsoft Rdp Session Manager
| RDP setting | Description | Values | Default value | Windows Virtual Desktop support |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| remoteapplicationcmdline:s:value | Optional command-line parameters for the RemoteApp. | Valid command-line parameters. | No | |
| remoteapplicationexpandcmdline:i:value | Determines whether environment variables contained in the RemoteApp command-line parameter should be expanded locally or remotely. | - 0: Environment variables should be expanded to the values of the local computer - 1: Environment variables should be expanded to the values of the remote computer | 1 | No |
| remoteapplicationexpandworkingdir:i:value | Determines whether environment variables contained in the RemoteApp working directory parameter should be expanded locally or remotely. | - 0: Environment variables should be expanded to the values of the local computer - 1: Environment variables should be expanded to the values of the remote computer. The RemoteApp working directory is specified through the shell working directory parameter. | 1 | No |
| remoteapplicationfile:s:value | Specifies a file to be opened on the remote computer by the RemoteApp. For local files to be opened, you must also enable drive redirection for the source drive. | Valid file path. | No | |
| remoteapplicationicon:s:value | Specifies the icon file to be displayed in the client UI while launching a RemoteApp. If no file name is specified, the client will use the standard Remote Desktop icon. Only '.ico' files are supported. | Valid file path. | No | |
| remoteapplicationmode:i:value | Determines whether a connection is launched as a RemoteApp session. | - 0: Don't launch a RemoteApp session - 1: Launch a RemoteApp session | 1 | No |
| remoteapplicationname:s:value | Specifies the name of the RemoteApp in the client interface while starting the RemoteApp. | App display name. For example, 'Excel 2016.' | No | |
| remoteapplicationprogram:s:value | Specifies the alias or executable name of the RemoteApp. | Valid alias or name. For example, 'EXCEL.' | No |