Menu path: Setup > Sessions > RDP > Remote Desktop Web Access > Authentication

You can change login settings on the server and select applications that are launched automatically after logging in.

The login settings on the server are only effective if Sessions > RDP > Remote Desktop Web Access > Server > Server configuration is set to Predefined configuration. Further information can be found under Server.

Authentication mode: Specifies how the user authenticates themselves on the server.
Possible values:

  • "Passthrough authentication": This option can be used if the local endpoint device login takes place via Kerberos or Shared Workspace. The login data saved temporarily when logging in to the device will be used for the user name and password.
  • "Auto logon": The login data in Username, Password, and Domain will be used to log in.
  • "User logon": The user enters the data in a login window.

Username: User name when logging in to the server

Password: Password when logging in to the server

Domain: Domain in which the user name and password are valid


To select an application for automatic launching, proceed as follows:

  1. Click in the Start following applications automatically after server connection is established area.
  2. In the Add dialog, enter the name of the application. (Example: Word 2013)

    You can also enter part of the name followed by an asterisk (*). If you enter e.g. Word*, all available versions of Microsoft Word as well as Microsoft WordPad will be opened.
  3. Click on Ok.
    After a successful login, the associated desktop icon for each available application will be placed on the device desktop. All applications whose name matches one of the names given in the Start following applications automatically after server connection is established area will then be launched.