Add a Windows (RDP) server

Windows desktops open in a tab like any other session. They need the guacd gateway running next to FusionTerm — the Docker Compose install includes it.

1. In Sessions, click +.
2. Type: RDP · Windows desktop.
3. Fill in Name, Host, Port (usually 3389), Username and the password — or Sign in with a vault login.
4. Domain — your Windows domain, if the account is a domain account (optional).
5. Ignore certificate errors — leave it ticked for most internal servers, which use self-signed certificates.
6. Click Save & connect.

#While you're connected

• The desktop resizes to fit your browser window.
• Ctrl+Alt+Del is a button at the top of the tab (your own computer would catch the real key combination).
• Copy and paste work like on your own computer: Ctrl+C in the desktop puts the text on your computer's clipboard, and Ctrl+V pastes your computer's clipboard into the desktop (on a Mac, ⌘C / ⌘V). The Paste button at the top of the tab does the same with the mouse — your browser may ask once to allow clipboard access. Text only, not files.

#Idle sessions and reconnecting

By default an RDP tab disconnects after 10 minutes without keyboard or mouse input, with a "Still there?" warning a minute before. Click Stay connected or move the mouse to keep it open.

• Press R on a disconnected tab to reconnect.
• Network blips are retried automatically; a wrong password never is.
• Disconnecting closes FusionTerm's connection only — Windows normally keeps your desktop running, so reconnecting usually picks up where you left off.

Change the timings in Settings → Idle timeout & reconnect, or per server under Advanced in its settings. See Idle timeout and reconnect.