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IAP Desktop is a Remote Desktop and SSH client that lets you connect to your Google Cloud VM instances from anywhere.
IAP Desktop is a full-featured Remote Desktop client that lets you:
- Use multiple Remote Desktop sessions at the same time
- Switch between full-screen and tabbed Remote Desktop sessions
- Upload and download files over SFTP
To help you authenticate to Windows VMs, IAP Desktop can:
- Automatically generate Windows credentials by using the Compute Engine guest agent environment
- Encrypt and store your Windows credentials locally
IAP Desktop includes an SSH client and terminal so that you can:
- Use multiple SSH sessions in parallel, and switch between them using tabs
- Upload and download files using SFTP
To help you authenticate to Linux VMs, IAP Desktop can:
- Automatically create and publish SSH keys to OS Login or metadata
- Use OS Login 2-factor authentication
- Store our SSH keys locally using Windows CNG
IAP Desktop gives you a consolidated view of your VMs and lets you:
- Connect to VMs across multiple projects and Google Cloud organizations
- View diagnostics information such as logs and serial port output
- Perform common operations such as starting or stopping VMs
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