Next step for Microsoft Remote Desktop in the App Store to download the new application on your Mac running OS X Yosemite or higher.when app installed on your Desktop you can skip the first run experience.

Arguably the most useful part of the Office suite, Remote Desktop Connection is available as a free, separate download from Microsoft. The standard installation process will automatically install a bunch of background stuff that you arguably don't need, for instance, the auto-updater, crash reporter, and office dock package.

Following this simple hint will allow you to install RDC without the added bloat and annoying auto-update popups. • Mount the.dmg you downloaded from site. • Ctrl+click or right click on the RDC Installer package and choose 'Show Package Contents.' • Drill down to /Contents/Packages. You will see four installer packages.

Copy the Office2011_en_rdc.pkg installer to your desktop. • Unmount (eject) the disk image and run the installer you just copied. Everything should work normally, with the exception of no extra processes running in the background. This hint is obviously most useful to users wanting to run RDC, but not the full Office suite, and especially to sysadmins wishing to operate with RDC in a cleaner environment. [ crarko adds: I tested this, and it works as described.

The current version of RDC is 2.1, which was a slight update for me.]. I downloaded this yesterday, tried to do this today.

The package, Office2011_en_rdc.pkg, is not part of the download. I've been using the Microsoft RDC that you can download from Microsoft.

As a web application developer I have to connect to Windows servers a lot. This lets me connect to multiple servers at a time, lets me save profiles per server and per login type.

I am curious to know if the RDC that comes with Office is different than the one you can just download from MS? As the hint says, Office2011_en_rdc.pkg is located inside of RDC Installer.pkg. Right click on RDC Installer.pkg in the dmg you downloaded and choose 'Show Package Contents.'

As far as I know, it's the same RDC included with MS office. You can save shortcuts for each server/user configuration you want; I keep mine in a folder on the dock for easy access. You might want to look into the free CoRD application mentioned by some other commenters, as it has a 'library' approach to the organization of such profiles.

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