Homebrew-cask: Cask request - Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta

[my2ter]

Hi there,

current cask remote-desktop-connection: 2.1.1

has been officially discontinued upstream. It may stop working correctly (or at all) in recent versions of OS X.

but Microsoft released recently a new app:

https://rink.hockeyapp.net/apps/5e0c144289a51fca2d3bfa39ce7f2b06/

It would be nice to update the cask or create a new one.

Cheers

[vitorgalvao]

Is there a homepage for that?

[adidalal]

The Microsoft Remote Desktop app for Mac available in the Mac App Store and updated regularly, is our fully tested and fully featured application. It supports connecting to desktops, remote resources and Azure RemoteApp. This is the app you should use in a live operating environment.

The Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta app for Mac is a pre-release app available on HockeyApp (see instructions on how to install the app from HockeyApp in the section in this post on Installation and Checking for updates). The pre-release app showcases the new user interface design and features we would like to receive your feedback on. This app does not have all the features that the release version has, and will not have the release level of product support.

REF: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/rds/archive/2015/08/11/introducing-the-new-microsoft-remote-desktop-preview-app-for-mac.aspx

tl;dr: You can add the cask for the new beta app to homebrew-versions, and the existing app in homebrew should be removed (latest version is available only through MAS currently)

[adidalal]

As this is a beta app, the issue should be moved to homebrew-versions if there is still any interest.

Thanks!

[sj26]

For reference, here'a a link to the Microsoft Remote Desktop client on the Mac App Store:

http://appstore.com/mac/microsoftremotedesktop10

You can automate this using mas on command line:

brew install mas
mas install 1295203466

Or in a Brewfile:

brew "mas"
mas "Microsoft Remote Desktop, id: 1295203466