Rob GriffithsNov 14, 2024

WTF? Did Microsoft hold a series of internal meetings where they decided to use the *worst* possible new name for Windows Remote Desktop? I received an email this morning from a customer who had an issue with “Windows App,” and I was 99% sure I was being phished/attacked, and nearly tossed it in the trash (especially as it had an attached 1MB Word file).

But no, “Windows App” is really the new name for Microsoft Remote Desktop. I have no idea when that happened, but it’s horrible.

Show threadBadtux the Snarky Penguin
@rgriff This is even worse than when they renamed Azure Active Directory to Entra ID. At least that had a reason for being (people were consistently confusing Azure Active Directory with Windows Active Directory, two entirely different things).
Nov 14, 2024 at 8:22pmWeb
Show threadPaul Hennell • DevNov 15, 2024
@badtux @rgriff that did solve my confusion in assuming they were related. But also means I've been tripped up several times by things documented as AD but meaning Entra. Or links that don't work because why redirect stuff?
(I get frequent security alerts from MS, none of which go to working pages (renamed areas), so you have to hunt down the problem with the limited clues given, or from the URL hidden between the outlook safelink and redirected "no" page 🤦‍♂️)