"An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) application when it improperly parses XML input containing a reference to an external entity. March 2020 hammered in the final coffin nail for the 2.7 version of RDCMan via the announcement of a security issue in CVE 2020 0765. There were some attempts to do so, but ultimately they did not bear fruit. Many, many people pinged me asking if I knew who was maintaining the tool and how it was moving forward. Time went on and RDCMan really started to show its age with changes to display resolution amongst other issues. The release frequency slowed due to competing priorities, and then unfortunately Julian left Microsoft. Julian continued to make improvements via some additional internal releases.
Many features were added such as support for Windows 8 and Server 2012. RDCMan 2.7 was released in November 2014.
Customers again noticed that the build information was different, and started to ask about a newer version. There were many internal releases, again to the internal toolbox site, but not on the public download centre. Julian continued to work on RDCMan, adding features and fixing issues. Version 2.2 was the initial public release back in May 2010.
That is why you see the initial announcement on the EHLO blog. This was done by Julian and David Zazzo who was an Exchange consultant at the time. Legal, trademark, compliance and security all had to be reviewed as part of the release. The work to release it externally started. Then customers noticed it being used for demos etc. Word of mouth quickly grew and it became verypopular internally. RDCMan was initially an internal tool developed by Julian Burger and was stored on the internal toolbox site. I'll park this here for a bit of context and history for those that are interested. RDG files will be upgraded automatically. For those that are already familiar with RDCMan you can jump right in. The main Sysinternals download page has a lot of good content to review. Remote Desktop Connection Manager - Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs Sysinternals Live Site with direct download link Here are a few options for downloading the current RDCMan builds. Have a few dozen? That does not scale and you need a tool to help manage this.
rdp files or use the Universal Microsoft Store Remote Desktop app. Sure, if you have three or four servers to manage you can get by with saved. Over the years RDCMan built up a strong user base as it was a simple but powerful utility to manage connections to multiple machines. Finally we have good news for all fans of the Remote Desktop Connection Manager (RDCMan) tool! It has risen from the ashes, and is now part of Sysinternals.
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