How to connect to a RDP Server from a .NET Core console app?

Question

I'm creating a C# console app that acts as a client connecting to a RDP Server. Both the client and server are on Linux machines. The target framework is .NET Core 3.1.

After some time investigating, I see that MSTSCLib is a viable option. But the code samples I found are old and documentations are sparse.

Here is what I managed to whip up so far:

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var rdp = new MsTscAxNotSafeForScripting();

            rdp.Server = "10.0.0.1";
            rdp.UserName = "clientusername";

            rdp.Connect();
        }

I know that there are a lot missing in that code there so I appreciate any help or documents. How do I know if my client successfully connects to the server or not?

Answer 1

You have to install RemoteDesktop library. You can install it via NuGet by running following command in package manager console:

Install-Package RemoteDesktop

Here is an example to connect to RDP server using RemoteDesktop library:

using RemoteDesktop;

var rdp = new RemoteDesktop.RemoteDesktop();
rdp.Server = "rdp.example.com";
rdp.Username = "username";
rdp.Password = "password";

rdp.Connect();

To disconnect from the RDP server, call the Disconnect method:

rdp.Disconnect();

You can also use other libraries and tools like FreeRDP, RemoteDesktopConnectionManager. I hope this might be helpful.