Configuring Remote Desktop for Worker role in the new portal

Question

I am having a problem configuring the remote desktop connection in the new Windows Azure portal:

Created a new worker role.
Configured the remote desktop connection with an expiration time in the past.
Exported and uploaded the generated certificate.
Published the worker role.
Configure the remote desktop in the new Windows Azure Portal (manage.windowsazure.com). This last step gives an error: "Remote Desktop cannot be enabled. The role definition does not contain the Remote Desktop module."

This is strange, because when I select the instance and try to connect, the rdp-file is downloaded and I can connect, ofcourse Windows won't let me, because the useraccount is disabled. When I go to the previous portal, I can configure the connection.

Hopefully somebody can tell me what I am doing wrong.

Share your CSDEF file - to get RDP to work in the new portal, you must add <Import moduleName="RemoteAccess" /> and likely <Import moduleName="RemoteForwarder" /> to your CSDEF imports. — SliverNinja - MSFT

Poul K. Sørensen Poul K. Sørensen · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-07T13:20:02

You need to have the following in your .CSDEF file

      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.Enabled" value="true" />
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.AccountUsername" value="s093294" />
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.AccountEncryptedPassword" value="{encoded password" />
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteAccess.AccountExpiration" value="2014-05-01T23:59:59.0000000+02:00" />
      <Setting name="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Plugins.RemoteForwarder.Enabled" value="true" />

and in your .csdef file:

<Imports>
  <Import moduleName="RemoteAccess" />
  <Import moduleName="RemoteForwarder" />
</Imports>

The easiest way to add it is from visual studio when packaging/deploying.

Configuring Remote Desktop for Worker role in the new portal

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