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The first improvement in RDP in a long time?
- Microsoft recently announced H.265 video codec support for the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) protocol used in its Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) product, which allows raw media to be compressed into a more efficient format when being streamed. While this is a positive development for users, the RDP protocol still lags behind Citrix and Other's HDX and Blast protocols in terms of customization and bandwidth adjustments.
- Microsoft's RDP protocol sees little innovation compared to Citrix and Other protocols HDX and Blast.
- Shortpath using UDP/3390 is an improvement in the RDP protocol but has been part of RDS using Gateway for a while.
- Microsoft has released little news regarding the RDP protocol specification, with only support for newer Windows versions and integration with Entra ID.
- Although the protocol has little customization compared to HDX and Blast, Microsoft has recently introduced H.265 support for the RDP protocol in its Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) product.
- H.265 support is not a game-changer, as both Citrix and Others already support AV1, a newer protocol than H.265.
- Microsoft now needs to invest more in the RDP protocol stack and improve it for high-latency and high-packet loss scenarios.
- The RDP protocol is in need of better throughput where high bandwidth connections are available.
- Support for AV1 codec in RDP protocol is essential to keep up with the market.
- H.265 support is only available for specific virtual machines and configuring H.265 can only be done using group policy at the moment.
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