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Docking and floating RDP windows in IAP Desktop 2.25

IAP Desktop uses a UI that’s similar to Visual Studio – we can dock tool windows, let them auto-hide when we don’t need them, or let them float as separate windows. But that flexibility didn’t apply to RDP windows… until now. Continue »

Using IAM to control SSH and RDP access

Whenever we grant users SSH or RDP access to VM instances, we have to ensure that access is revoked when the user changes teams or leaves the organization. This is easier said than done. Continue »

About Johannes

Johannes Passing lives in Melboutne, Australia, and works as a Staff Solutions Architect at Google Cloud where he focuses on Identity and Access Management (IAM).

As a Solutions Architect, Johannes’ work is split between working with customers across and beyond EMEA and contributing articles to the Google Cloud website and blog. He is also the author and maintainer of IAP Desktop, an app for zero-trust RDP and SSH access to Linux and Windows VMs on Google Cloud.

Besides IAM, Johannes has a passion for software architecture and lean software development.

Johannes holds an M.Sc. in software systems engineering from Hasso Plattner Institute, is a Google-certitified Professional Cloud Architect and Professional Cloud Security Engineer and is ITILv3- and PRINCE2-certified.

Any opinions expressed on this blog are Johannes' own.

Contact Johannes at jpassing (at) hotmail com