Go to Preferences > Security tab > and select “ Always connect, even if authentication fails” But that doesn’t mean you should just give up, it’s still usable.
To be fair, this is an extremely old version of Microsoft Remote Desktop client, things that stopped working seems normal. It will prompt again and you will end up in an infinite loop. “ The Certificate or associated chain is not valid.” error will prompt, and answering “Connect” on “Do you want to connect to this computer anyway?” does not bypass this error. In this guide, we will only focus on the legacy Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac (latest v2.1.1).Īfter upgrading one of my work Mac to MacOS Sierra (10.12.+), Microsoft’s Windows Remote Desktop stopped working. Microsoft stopped bundle a newer version of a remote desktop client with Mac Office 2016, instead, you can get it standalone from Mac App Store. Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Client for Mac Version 2.1.1 is an app that comes with the Mac Office 2011. There are mainly two Apps that you can use from Microsoft to remote desktop into any Windows machine. Let’s face it, running Microsoft’s remote desktop on Mac isn’t the best experience.
