Document Details
Configure Lab Remote Desktop Gateway
❌
This page contains Windows bias
About This Page
This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.
Bias Analysis
Bias Types:
⚠️
powershell_heavy
⚠️
windows_tools
⚠️
missing_linux_example
⚠️
windows_first
Summary:
The documentation demonstrates a strong Windows bias. All examples and scripts are provided in PowerShell, with no mention of Linux or cross-platform alternatives. The tooling and patterns referenced (e.g., IIS, RDGatewayFedAuth.msi, System Center VMM, RDP file workflow) are Windows-centric. There is no guidance for Linux-based remote desktop solutions or how to connect from Linux clients. The documentation assumes the use of Windows infrastructure and tools throughout.
Recommendations:
- Provide equivalent instructions and scripts for Linux environments, such as using OpenSSL for certificate creation and Bash/Azure CLI for automation.
- Include examples of connecting to lab VMs using open-source RDP clients available on Linux (e.g., xfreerdp, Remmina), and clarify token authentication compatibility.
- Mention and, where possible, support Linux-based gateway solutions (such as xrdp or guacd) or clarify if only Windows gateways are supported.
- When listing tools or scripts, present cross-platform or Linux options alongside Windows/PowerShell examples, not just after them.
- Explicitly state any limitations or lack of support for Linux clients or servers, so users can plan accordingly.
- Reference Azure Bastion as a cross-platform alternative more prominently, and provide a comparison table for remote access options across OSes.
Create pull request
Scan History
| Date | Scan ID | Status | Bias Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-11 00:00 | #108 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-11 00:00 | #77 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-10 00:00 | #76 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-09 00:00 | #75 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-08 00:00 | #74 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-07 00:00 | #73 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-06 00:00 | #72 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-05 00:00 | #71 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-03 00:00 | #69 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-08-01 00:00 | #67 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-31 00:00 | #66 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-30 00:00 | #65 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-29 00:01 | #64 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-28 00:00 | #63 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-27 00:00 | #62 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-26 00:01 | #61 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-25 00:00 | #60 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-24 00:00 | #59 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-23 00:00 | #58 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-22 00:01 | #57 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-21 00:00 | #56 | completed | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-19 13:51 | #54 | completed | ❌ Biased |
| 2025-07-13 21:37 | #48 | completed | ❌ Biased |
| 2025-07-09 13:09 | #3 | cancelled | ✅ Clean |
| 2025-07-08 04:23 | #2 | cancelled | ❌ Biased |
Flagged Code Snippets
POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.DevTestLab/labs/{labName}/virtualmachines/{name}/getRdpFileContents
$cer = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate;
$cer.Import('path-to-certificate');
$hash = $cer.GetCertHashString()
[System.Convert]::ToBase64String([System.IO.File]::ReadAllBytes('path-to-certificate'))