Can't Remote Desktop to Azure VM from laptop, but can from desktop

Question

My Windows 10 Pro laptop cannot remote desktop to my Azure windows 2012 R2 VM.

However, my Windows 10 Pro desktop can.

But when I copy the .rdp file from desktop to laptop, then use it, I get:

"Your credential did not work."  

<my account>
 [  Password  ]  <-- textbox
 <laptop computer name>\<my account>  
" The logon attempt failed."

And, it gets same error if I try to remote desktop with:

<VM computer name>\<my account>

Answer 1

A possible reason for unable to RDP is that there was a fix that addressed a CredSSP, “Remote Code Execution” vulnerability (CVE-2018-0886) which could impact RDP connections. Sometimes, the RDP error message is different. You can refer to this blog.

I suggest installing the latest updates both on the windows 2012 R2 VM and laptop.

Windows 10 update history

Windows Server 2012 R2 update history

If that still does not work, you can make sure that if you are typing the correct credentials or rebuild an RDP connection from Virtual machine---Connect ---Download an RDP file on the Azure portal.

Answer 2

As a suggestion may be this could help you. https://southjerseytechies.net/blog/remote-desktop-credssp-encryption-oracle-remediation/

Answer 3

I have same issue on Windows 10 only, they had to break rdp in their latest updates. I can't remote connect to my server running on Windows 8.1 from Windows 10. I get "The logon attempt failed" all time. But I can connect to it just fine when I switch to Mac and use Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac..