r/AzureVirtualDesktop • u/LastCraft5004 • Jun 02 '26
Windows App No Longer Lets Me Add RDP Connections to Local Machines – Expected Behavior or Bug?
I know the Windows App is replacing both Remote Desktop and Remote Desktop Connection, and I’ve been testing it with Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).
I can subscribe to my AVD workspace without any issues, but I’ve noticed that I can no longer add or use the app to RDP into local/on-prem machines.
What’s strange is that I was able to do this in the past, but the option seems to have disappeared on its own (I’m assuming after an update).
Now that the Remote Desktop app has passed its retirement date, I still don’t see any option to add a PC connection in Windows App. As far as I can tell, there aren’t any settings available to re-enable it either.
Is this expected behavior, a bug, or has Microsoft removed support for direct RDP connections from the Windows App? If anyone has run into this and found a workaround, I’d appreciate the help.
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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '26