In business networks, schools, or any other shared networking environment (including connecting to a remote PC via the Internet), it’s therefore probably not a good idea to blindly trust a unverified certificate, and therefore you should check with your school or business’s IT department before following the steps below. A valid certificate and key proves that the device you’re connecting to is indeed what you think it is. It’s possible for a malicious user to configure a PC or server to “disguise” it as something else. In very simple terms, digital certificates help prove the identity of devices on a network. The reason that you’re seeing this message in Microsoft Remote Desktop is because the app cannot verify the digital certificate of the computer you’re connecting to. Microsoft Remote Desktop Security Cautionįirst, a word of warning. Thankfully, you can configure your Mac to always trust your remote PC’s certificate, which will let you connect directly going forward without the appearance of the security warning. However, if you frequently connect to remote PCs on your network, having this warning message pop up each time can quickly become annoying. Do you want to continue?Ībsent another issue, clicking Continue connects you to the remote PC’s desktop, so the aforementioned warning message isn’t a huge issue. The certificate couldn’t be verified back to a root certificate.
