In order to connect to your virtual desktops remotely, you will first need to establish a VPN connection to our Azure environment. This is a security feature that serves multiple purposes -- enforcing 2FA, securing the connection to your desktop, isolating our environment from the outside internet, etc.
Confluence issued laptops should install the VPN client manually, if this is a personal device you will use the instructions here to install the VPN client.
- Launch your FortiClient VPN
- With your "CIM Azure" VPN selected in the drop down menu, click "SAML Login"
- Enter your email address and click 'Next'
- Enter your password and click 'Sign in'
- Your account will sign in and Duo will automatically send you a push notification to accept 2FA authentication to your account
- Choose whether or not to remain signed in.
- You will now be connected to the VPN and the application will minimize.
Now that you are connected to the Azure VPN, you will be able to sign into your desktop using the instructions here.