Windows App Mobile
Previously Remote Desktop
Free
Windows App Mobile for iOS and iPadOS is your gateway to securely connect to Windows including remote PCs and admin-provided virtual apps and desktops across Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Dev Box and Remote Desktop Services.
Embrace the simplicity of a unified client with the Windows App and connect to your Windows in the cloud with ease and security, from the device of your choice.
GET STARTED
• Learn more about the features of the Windows App at https://aka.ms/WindowsApp.
• Configure your PC for remote access using the information at https://aka.ms/rdsetup.
KEY FEATURES
• Access remote PCs running Windows Professional or Enterprise and Windows Server.
• Access managed resources published by your admin.
• Connect through a Remote Desktop Gateway.
• Simplified management of your connections and credentials from the Connection Center, including a Favorites page to cater to your unique workflow needs.
• Connect your iPhone or iPad to an external monitor.
• Easily switch between Entra accounts.
• Dynamically switch between Portrait and Landscape mode.
• Audio and video streaming.
• Redirect folders, your clipboard, and local devices such as microphones and cameras.
By downloading Windows App Mobile, you agree to the license (see https://aka.ms/WindowsAppLicense) and privacy terms (see https://aka.ms/privacy).
more It's time for a refresh! We've made some updates to the app UI as a result of upgrading to the new iOS SDK. Here's what's new:
• Incorporated Liquid Glass styling and elements throughout the app!
• Added a new Personalization section (under Settings) to customize how the app looks and feels.
• The Favorites page has moved. You can now find your favorite devices and apps pinned to the top of the Devices and Apps pages respectively.
• Gracefully handled errors encountered when connecting to a Windows Cloud Input Protection-enabled PC endpoint.
We've also added support for audio and video stream optimizations when connecting to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) session hosts that support Teams redirection (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/teams-on-avd for more details).
Note that starting from this release we only support iOS 26.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.3.0 2 days ago
In this release we made the following updates:
• Enabled AVD screen capture protection by leveraging Intune app‑protection controls.
• Added a checkbox to the General settings to control the usage of UDP.
• Audio from optimized Teams meetings will now play through iPhone speakers.
• Terminated objects that were wasting processing cycles and memory.
• Made behind-the-scenes updates to lay the groundwork for upcoming features.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.2.5 18/12/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Enabled AVD screen capture protection by leveraging Intune app‑protection controls.
• Terminated objects that were wasting processing cycles and memory.
• Made behind-the-scenes updates to lay the groundwork for upcoming features.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.2.4 15/12/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Improved connection success when NetBIOS-based name lookup is used for direct PC connections.
• Added support for updated safe area insets on iPhone 17 devices.
• Improved external display support for iPad Pro M5 and iPad Air M3 devices.
• Resolved deadlocks that occurred during account sign-out and workspace refresh.
• Added floating keyboard support on iPadOS 26.
• Addressed a number of crashes that were showing up in error reporting.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.2.3 08/12/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Added support for displaying whether a Windows 365 Cloud PC endpoint is AI-enabled.
• Added support for the Windows 365 "Cloud Apps" feature.
• Added support for Windows 365 Cloud App reset.
• Added support for Windows 365 Reserve self-provisioning.
• Added a "Type" field to the Apps tab Connection Center filter for "Cloud Apps" and "Azure Virtual Desktop".
• The immersive switcher now supports light mode.
• In-app notifications no longer display the current timestamp.
• Improved handling for concurrent in-app notifications.
• Tapping on the "Authentication Required" in-app notification will now immediately redirect to the sign-in UI.
• Fixed device card corner masking issues.
• Resolved RDS connectivity issues triggered by authentication certificate processing.
• Sorted out some RemoteApp bugs.
• Addressed a number of crashes that were showing up in error reporting.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.2.2 17/11/2025
This is a quick release to address a customer-reported issue impacting connections utilizing RD Gateways running on Windows Server 2012 R2 or earlier. We've also added in handling for the ALT+ENTER shortcut (which was not working in Teams and some other apps).
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.2.1 01/10/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Added support for the Windows 365 "Under Review" feature.
• Added support for the Windows 365 "Reserve" feature.
• Added support for client-side connectivity and system health checks.
• Added an in-app "Authentication Required" notification to signal when the Entra Identity token needs to be renewed.
• Added tutorials to guide users through sign-in notifications and account switching.
• Added support for tapping the "Favourite" overlay icon on a device card to un-favourite the device.
• Added support for tapping a device card tag to show more information about the device.
• Made changes to ensure that device card tags are always visible in thumbnail view to help identify the card type.
• Added the "View Details" action to all device cards.
• Reworked the in-session connection information sheet.
• Made layout improvements to the devices list view and Connection Centre navigation bar.
• Added categories to the Notifications sheet.
• Enhanced in-app notification interaction with drag, swipe and trackpad gestures.
• Improved the local on-screen keyboard layout and appearance.
• Introduced a disconnect message for cases where the connection is closed due to the remote PC restarting.
• Addressed a number of crashes that were showing up in error reporting.
• Addressed reported accessibility bugs.
• Fixed an issue where the Space key did not work for some apps in the remote session.
• Resolved an issue where location redirection would not work after reconnecting to a remote session.
In addition, we've also made numerous behind-the-scenes updates to improve performance and stability, and to lay the groundwork for forthcoming features.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.2.0 22/09/2025
This is a quick release to address a customer-reported issue with folder redirection.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.9 02/09/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Enabled connecting to a remote resource when opening a Spotlight item.
• Prevented connecting to devices and apps from different Windows App user profiles at the same time.
• Fixed a bug that prevented the workspaces subscription dialogue from discovering active feeds.
• Added connection information accessible from tiles in the Devices tab of the Immersive Switcher.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.8 22/07/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Reworked the UI to better handle empty states in the Devices and Apps tabs.
• Updated the logging backend to automatically save logs to your iPhone or iPad (versus requiring manual start and stop).
• Fixed scenarios where some external displays advertised very low resolutions.
• Enabled Microsoft Teams optimizations by default.
• Fixed chroma bleed artifacts encountered during AVC decode.
• Improved threading for the graphics decoder to make things faster.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.7 16/06/2025
This is a quick update to gracefully handle scenarios where the Teams process in the remote session crashes during an optimized Teams call.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.6 28/05/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Added support for automatically reconnecting if a network glitch occurs.
• Improved handling of the iPhone and iPad lock and unlock events.
• Enhanced reliability for scenarios where the client is sent to the background.
• Fixed an issue where the "Updating Remote Session Display" screen would remain visible after returning to the client.
• Terminated zombie objects that were wasting processing cycles and memory, and triggering crashes.
• Picture-in-picture in the Connection Center now has improved support for rotation and resizing.
• Automatic resolution selection is now smarter during screen rotation, resizing, mirroring, and display extension.
• Added Retina support options for external displays.
• Improved graphics performance by more tightly scoping dirty regions.
• You can now use Command+W to close the selected device session from the Immersive Switcher.
• Fixed an issue where the on-screen keyboard would not dismiss when a Bluetooth mouse was connected.
• Stale SwiftPoint and ProPoint device entries are now automatically removed from the Input Devices sheet.
• The "Allow Display Auto-Lock" setting is now persisted and functions correctly.
We also made some tweaks to the virtual trackpad used in display projection scenarios:
• Trackpad speed is now consistent across both X and Y axes.
• Fixed a bug where the Immersive Switcher was dismissed when using the virtual trackpad.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.5 22/05/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Added support for automatically reconnecting if a network glitch occurs.
• Improved handling of the iPhone and iPad lock and unlock events.
• Enhanced reliability for scenarios where the client is sent to the background.
• Fixed an issue where the "Updating Remote Session Display" screen would remain visible after returning to the client.
• Terminated zombie objects that were wasting processing cycles and memory, and triggering crashes.
• Picture-in-picture in the Connection Center now has improved support for rotation and resizing.
• Automatic resolution selection is now smarter during screen rotation, resizing, mirroring, and display extension.
• Added Retina support options for external displays.
• Improved graphics performance by more tightly scoping dirty regions.
• You can now use Command+W to close the selected device session from the Immersive Switcher.
• Fixed an issue where the on-screen keyboard would not dismiss when a Bluetooth mouse was connected.
• Stale SwiftPoint and ProPoint device entries are now automatically removed from the Input Devices sheet.
• The "Allow Display Auto-Lock" setting is now persisted and functions correctly.
We also made some tweaks to the virtual trackpad used in display projection scenarios:
• Trackpad speed is now consistent across both X and Y axes.
• Fixed a bug where the Immersive Switcher was dismissed when using the virtual trackpad.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.4 19/05/2025
This release resolves some of the top crashes and issues reported by telemetry.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.3 17/04/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Added support for optimized external monitor resolutions when used in iPad extended display scenarios.
• Provided UI to change the resolution for all sessions while connected.
• Removed support for setting explicit credentials for Cloud PCs due to the pervasiveness of RDSAAD Auth.
• Added support for Spotlight Search.
• Addressed minor UI issues related to device cards and the Cloud PC details sheet.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.2 18/03/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Added Bluetooth and Local Network to Settings > App Permissions.
• Included support for optimized resolutions when connected to external displays via AirPlay (iPhone and iPad) or a wired connection (iPhone).
• Improved the Connection Centre navigation bar layout on iPad when connected to an external display.
• Users will now receive an alert message when they try to take a screenshot and it is blocked by MAM policy.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.1 12/02/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Resolved an issue affecting nonce acquisition for RDS AAD Auth when using an HTTP proxy.
• Fixed an "Invalid request" error caused by a local authentication prompt going to the background.
• Addressed a claims token failure caused by accounts associated with both MSA and AAD usage.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.1.0 05/02/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Allow background audio to play until the client has audio to render from a remote session.
• Added support for notification toasts in the connection centre.
• The Cloud PC notification sheet is now aware of user accounts.
• Stored notifications associated with a user account are now removed when signing out the account.
• Improved the performance when deleting all notifications from the Cloud PC notification sheet.
• Added support for displaying empty workspaces.
• Status messages are now displayed under the workspace header during refresh flows.
• Fixed a UI bug that disabled Frontline Assigned device cards in the inactive state.
• Only allow connections to Cloud PCs that are not processing device actions.
• Included support for sending the Control+[ and Control+] key combos to the remote session.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.0.9 04/02/2025
It's time an update to start the new year. Here's what we addressed in this release:
• Upgraded the client to build against the iOS 18 SDK.
• Resolved accessibility bugs.
• Updated Azure Gov Cloud PC connections to use the correct Authority URI.
• Changed the default for RDS and PC Connection tiles to show the associated credential.
• Reduced chatter with the Windows 365 backend service.
• Notifications are now persisted in the Cloud PC Notifications dialogue across app restarts.
• Resolved an issue that prevented reconnects after an RDSAAD-based session was locked and then cancelled.
• Fixed a bug that caused the Windows key to be injected into the session after hitting Command+Tab.
• Fixed a bug with Greek input that was causing characters near the end of a word to be deleted.
• Moved the Sort and Filter commands under "…" to accommodate the new iOS 18 tab layout.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Help > Submit Feedback.
11.0.8 22/01/2025
In this release we made the following updates:
• Addressed a UDP transport bug that periodically prevented graphics updates after connecting.
• Resolved UX issues encountered when removing a user account.
• Only show supported device actions for Frontline Shared connections.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
11.0.7 11/12/2024
In this release we made the following updates:
• Resolved AVD Private Link connectivity issues.
• Added support for sending the user-assigned device name to the Remote Desktop endpoint.
• Addressed hangs and crashes in workspace subscription and refresh scenarios.
• Improved the First Run Experience text and images.
• Local network and Bluetooth permissions dialogs now only show after the First Run Experience flow has completed.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Help > Submit Feedback.
11.0.6 18/11/2024
We're hard working to improve the client with every update. Highlights for this release include the following changes:
• Integrated battery status redirection for AVD and Windows 365-based sessions.
• Added support in iOS settings to disable Yubikey redirection for all connections.
• Resolved an issue where favorites were not updated when switching user accounts.
• Improved the connection center usage of screen real estate when running on iPads.
• Display orientation for remote sessions is now set to "Auto-Adjust" for new installs.
• Resolved an issue where the "Apps" header text was cut off.
• Addressed a number of crashes that were showing up in error reporting.
If you encounter any issues, you can contact us via Help > Submit Feedback.
11.0.5 07/11/2024
In this release we made the following updates:
• Added support for in-session Yubikey redirection.
• Triggered the Local Network permissions dialog on iOS 18 to request access for PC connection scenarios.
• Added the Option+Command+9 shortcut to toggle how the Option key is handled on European keyboards.
• Prevent the Command key from being sent to the remote session if it triggered the shortcuts hints overlay.
• Removed the upper limit on the number of devices and apps that can be favorited.
• Updated the Favorites tab to make better use of screen real estate.
• Fixed an issue that was causing the delete key to be sent twice from an external keyboard.
• Added support for the Ctrl+Enter and Ctrl+Esc shortcuts.
• Fixed a crash when pressing Option+Tab+Left Arrow on IME keyboards.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Help > Submit Feedback.
11.0.4 22/10/2024
In this release we made the following changes:
• Resolved accessibility bugs.
• Added a link in General settings to allow for the deletion of saved screenshots.
• Updated Frontline device cards to correctly show the last connected time.
• Updated the Cloud PC details sheet to identify Frontline endpoints.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Help > Submit Feedback.
11.0.3 03/10/2024
In this release we resolved a TLS renegotiation issue that was affecting connectivity.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Help > Submit Feedback.
11.0.2 25/09/2024
It's time for a refresh! We've made some updates to the app UI as a result of upgrading to the new iOS SDK. Here's what's new:
• Incorporated Liquid Glass styling and elements throughout the app!
• Added a new Personalization section (under Settings) to customize how the app looks and feels.
• The Favorites page has moved. You can now find your favorite devices and apps pinned to the top of the Devices and Apps pages respectively.
• Gracefully handled errors encountered when connecting to a Windows Cloud Input Protection-enabled PC endpoint.
We've also added support for audio and video stream optimizations when connecting to Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) session hosts that support Teams redirection (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/teams-on-avd for more details).
Note that starting from this release we only support iOS 26.
If you encounter any errors, you can contact us via Settings > Submit Feedback.
more Version 11.3.0 2 days ago
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