One of the benefits of working for VMware technical marketing, is that you have your own lab.
Luckily my lab is hosted by an external datacenter, which helps me avoid a costly power-bill at home each month 🙂 However, that means I need to connect to my lab remotely.
As a MAC user I used Remote Desktop Connection for MAC from Microsoft. One of the limiting factors of this RDP for MAC is the limited resolution of 1400 x 1050 px. The screens at home have a minimum resolution 2560 x 1440 px. This first world problem bugged me until today!
Today I found CoRD – http://cord.sourceforge.net/. CoRD allows me to connect to my servers with a resolution 2500 x 1600, using the full potential of my displays at home.
Another create option is the hotkey function, using a key combination I spin up a remote desktop connection. I love these kinds of shortcuts that help me reduce time spend navigating throughout the UI.
If you are using a MAC and often RDP into your lab, I highly recommend to download CoRD.
Btw, it’s free 😉
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I have been using CoRD for some time now and i couldn't find any videos about it so i thought id quickly make one to show whats its capabilities are and a qu. CoRD is a Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Windows servers using the rdp protocol. It is easy to use, fast, and free for anyone to use or modify. Mar 01, 2012 Regardless CoRD is a much better RDP app and does not cost any money so it seems like a waste of time to do to much troubleshooting with Remote Desktop Connection for Mac. Uninstall Remote Desktop Connection For Mac And Install CoRD: Simple RDP Remote Desktop: Follow the steps below to uninstall Remote Desktop Connection for Mac and install.