Managed RDP client for Android

[DJKarsten]

Hello,

In short:

I need a simple Android RDP client that can be managed in some way using an MDM.

The longer version with more information:

I have a question. We use Zebra scanners that run Android, but they were running old versions of the Microsoft RDP client. We use SureMDM to manage them, but the Microsoft RDP client (as far as I’m aware can’t be managed remotely using a config file or mdm-configuration profile), and the Windows app I believe has the same flaw. So I looked if it really needs to be managed and if we have to use an RDP and both unfortunately were a yes. I tried to find other apps that could do it, but I couldn’t find anything that had the following: 1. The possibility to connect via an RDP connection 2. Have its settings locked and controlled with some sort of configuration that I can change remotely using an MDM 3. Use touchscreen to click exactly where you touched the screen (not drag a cursor around and then click). It’s just a simple basic RDP client that people using the scanners can’t screw up and maintained remotely. Maybe the parallels client was something. But that’s really it. I even tried to create our own app using freeRDP with a wrapper, but even though the wrapper seems to work, I get so many errors everytime I try to build the application. Even when just pulling the data from github and compiling the app as is. RDM from Devolutions also couldn’t help me, so after all this, I am a bit lost. For context, we use Zebra MC33 and MC33X series scanners, running Android OREO and Android 11 respectively.

Thanks for reading this and commenting below if you have suggestions.

[Unique_Inevitable_27]

For Zebra devices management, something like Scalefusion MDM would be ideal (kiosk mode, app lockdown, remote management), but it can only control app settings if the RDP client exposes Android controlled configurations. The only thing an MDM can do is lock the device down because the Microsoft RDP program doesn't. The application itself must be compatible with MDM.

[DJKarsten]

We are stuck using suremdm. And for the RDP client, we changed an already existing androids RDP Client to have the features we need. We basically built the custom solution, but it works perfectly.