Script to copy string from "gatewayaccesstoken" and paste to RDP Connection settings

Hi SP,

You could use something like this, note this would be run before connecting via Tools > PowerShell (RDM CmdLet)

$rdp = (get-content "C:\Path\to\file.rdp") -like 'gatewayaccesstoken*' -split 'gatewayaccesstoken:s:' | Select-Object -Skip 1
$session = Get-RDMsession -Name 'yoursessionname'
$session.RDP.GatewayAccessToken = $rdp
Set-RDMSession $session
Update-RDMUI

You could also try something like this on the entry itself under Properties > Events> Before Open > PowerShell

$rdp = (get-content "C:\Path\to\file.rdp") -like 'gatewayaccesstoken*' -split 'gatewayaccesstoken:s:' | Select-Object -Skip 1
$RDM.Connection.RDP.GatewayAccessToken = $rdp

This would need to be tested though. You could also point the event to a created Macro for this (note that copy/pasting will result in an error.)

Best regards,

Hi Eric,

Thanks for the info. Unfortunately, I don't see Tools > PowerShell (RDM CmdLet). Is this only available in the Enterprise version? The version I'm testing with is RDM Free 2021.1.41.0.

Thanks,
SP

Hi SP,

Ahh that module is only available in Enterprise editions.

In your case, you could use the following on the sessions Events under Properties > Events> Before Open > PowerShell .

$rdp = (get-content "C:\Path\to\file.rdp") -like 'gatewayaccesstoken*' -split 'gatewayaccesstoken:s:' | Select-Object -Skip 1
$RDM.Connection.RDP.GatewayAccessToken = $rdp

Please let me know if this works for you.
Best regards,

Hi Eric,

Yes, this works!

Thanks for your help,
SP

Hi SP,

My pleasure! Glad to hear it's working.

Best regards,

As a very late addition, I needed this same flow, since the auth service I use downloads an RDP file each time I connect, and the token in the file downloaded is only good for 30 minutes. I found it easier to automatically select the most current file, and delete anything older than a day. In case its useful for someone else:

$path = "C:\Users\myusername\Downloads"
$rdpfilepat = "myusername@mydomain.com-boxname*.rdp"
$rdpfile = (gci "$path\$rdpfilepat" | sort LastWriteTime | select -last 1)
$token = (get-content "$rdpfile") -like 'gatewayaccesstoken*' -split 'gatewayaccesstoken:s:' | Select-Object -Skip 1
$RDM.Connection.RDP.GatewayAccessToken = $token
Get-ChildItem "$path" -Recurse -File | Where-Object {($_.Name -like "$rdpfilepat") -and $_.CreationTime -lt (Get-Date).AddDays(-1)} | Remove-Item -Force

All that went under Events > Before Open > PowerShell.

I was amazed to find out I could do this - you guys have an outstanding tool here.

Cheers,
Geoff

Hello,

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