{"id":1472,"date":"2009-10-08T17:26:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-08T21:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/?page_id=1472"},"modified":"2019-09-20T18:40:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T22:40:35","slug":"mac-remote-access-vpn","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/help-support\/working-remotely\/remote-access-to-network-resources\/mac-remote-access-vpn\/","title":{"rendered":"Using a Mac for Remote Access via VPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/eso\/files\/2009\/07\/eso-banner-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-39\" src=\"\/eso\/files\/2009\/07\/eso-banner-3.jpg\" alt=\"eso-banner-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>On your Mac download and install the Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Macs using the following URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/microsoft-remote-desktop\/id1295203466?mt=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/microsoft-remote-desktop\/id1295203466?mt=12?mt=12<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Get<\/strong> button to download the app.<\/li>\n<li>In the Connection Center, click <strong> + <\/strong> and then click <strong>Desktop<\/strong> to create a new remote connection.<\/li>\n<li>Next, enter the <strong>PC Name<\/strong>. This will be\u00a0your office computer\u2019s name followed by the port number :513<br \/>\n(i.e., <strong>eso111-pcXXX.ad.bu.edu:513<\/strong>). <a href=\"\/eso\/files\/2019\/09\/How-to-Find-the-PC-Name-to-Remote-to.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Find your PC&#8217;s Name.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>User Account<\/strong> leave at default setting &#8220;<strong>Ask Me Every Time<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>Optional &#8211; For <strong>Friendly Name<\/strong> enter what you want to call the connection. (i.e. BU Office Computer).<\/li>\n<li>Once done click the <strong>Add<\/strong> button to create new connection.<\/li>\n<li>To start a remote session double-click your PC name or Friendly name tile in <strong>Desktops<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Show Certificate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Always Trust<\/strong> to prevent seeing this warning again for the PC specified.<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Continue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your BU login name (<strong>AD\\xxxxxxxxxx<\/strong>) and your Kerberos password to access your office Windows computer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Log off<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>Disconnect<\/strong>\u00a0from the office computer to terminate your Remote Desktop connection.<\/li>\n<li>When finished, disconnect from the active VPN session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>It is highly recommended that, once you have your PC\u2019s name, you test the process by connecting to it remotely from a colleague\u2019s work desktop. Note that you will NOT need to use the VPN when testing in this manner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you need assistance, contact our help desk at <a href=\"mailto:ESO-NetHelp@bu.edu\">ESO-NetHelp@bu.edu<\/a> or call x3-7328.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On your Mac download and install the Microsoft Remote Desktop client for Macs using the following URL: https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/app\/microsoft-remote-desktop\/id1295203466?mt=12?mt=12 Click\u00a0Get button to download the app. In the Connection Center, click + and then click Desktop to create a new remote connection. Next, enter the PC Name. This will be\u00a0your office computer\u2019s name followed by the port [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1187,"featured_media":0,"parent":310,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1472"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3494,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1472\/revisions\/3494"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}