A shortcut to connect with Microsoft Remote Desktop without password on Mac

Question

On a local area network I want to connect to a Windows PC from a Mac using Microsoft Remote Desktop and stored credentials using a double-click on an icon without other steps.

What I managed to do:

1. Create an entry in Microsoft Remote Desktop application define username and password, double-click on it and connect without being asked for the password (in short: run Remote Desktop app, and double-click on the connection)

2. Export the entry to an .rdp file in filesystem, double-click on it and then I am greeted with a Invalid login credentials. Please re-enter message`, I can provide a password and log on (in short: double-click and enter the password)

What I want to do is to have my login credentials stored somehow with the .rdp file (if necessary, I accept the security risk of adding the password in clear text). Adding a string value password did not work.

Is there any way to achieve this?

^{I use Microsoft Remote Desktop 8.0.22 on El Capitan and connect to Windows 7, but other versions behaved in exactly the same way.}

Answer 1

There is no native way to achieve this today (in a similar way to what the Windows client does where the password is saved).

For feature requests and ideas, I suggest going to this site. In particular, this idea looks similar to yours.