This is a first pre-release of IAP Desktop.
IAP Desktop is a standalone Windows application that supersedes the Cloud IAP plugin for Remote Desktop Connection Manager. The plugin had to be deprecated as Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) was unexpectedly discontinued by Microoft.
IAP Desktop implements a feature set that is similar to RDCMan with the IAP plugin installed, but provides a richer, more modern user experience. IAP Desktop also does not depend on RDCMan anymore.
The following features of Cloud IAP plugin for Remote Desktop Connection Manager have been dropped in IAP Desktop:
- Support for Windows 7, Windows 2008 R2, and older versions. These Windows versions had incomplete WebSocket support. The plugin offered the ability to use gcloud-based tunneling on these versions. To reduce complexity, this feature has been removed.
- Authentication using gcloud credentials. The plugin optionally allowed you to authenticate using your personal gcloud credentials. This functionality has been removed in favor of standard OAuth-based authorization.