What version of RDP is used in Windows 8?

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MaXal picture MaXal · Sep 16, 2011 · Viewed 9.5k times · Source

I've tried to connect to Windows 8 Developer Preview via rdesktop 1.6 and freerdp 0.8.2 from linux and there was no success.

I've get:

ui_unimpl: NOT IMPLEMENTED: Unknown Capability Set 0x1E ui_unimpl: NOT IMPLEMENTED: Bpp 254

Although I could set a connection from Windows 7. What is the version of RDP on Windows 8? Is there any rdp client on linux that supports such version?

Answer

Zac Brown MSFT picture Zac Brown MSFT · Sep 16, 2011

RDP underwent significant work in Windows 8 and likely does not yet have any support from non-Microsoft maintained clients. Remoting from Windows 7 should work properly. Some capabilities that were added in Windows 7 may now be taken advantage of which is why Windows 7 to Windows 8 may work while Linux to Windows 8 may not. That is to say, Windows 7's RDP client already supported the new capabilities.

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