Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile Access to the path is denied
Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile Access to the path is denied
You can quickly and easily download .RDP connection files for VMs in Azure via powershell using the Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile cmdlet.
While using this cmdlet you may encounter an Access to the path is denied error as shown below:
$serviceName = "jakesNewService"
$vmName = "jakesfirstVM"
$path = "C:\rs-pkgs"
Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile -ServiceName $serviceName -Name $vmName -LocalPath $path
Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile Access to the path is denied.
At \\192.168.1.200\techstore\SysAdmin\Azure\PS\VMs\GetRDPFile.ps1:6 char:1
+ Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile -ServiceName $serviceName -Name $vmName -LocalPath $p ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.IaaS.PersistentVMs.GetAzureRemoteDesktopFileCommand
This is due to not specifying the name of the .rdp file in the $path variable. This can be resolved by including the name of the .rdp file as shown in the below example:
$serviceName = "jakesNewService"
$vmName = "jakesfirstVM"
$path = "C:\rs-pkgs\jakesvm.rdp"
Write-Host $serviceName
Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile -ServiceName $serviceName -Name $vmName -LocalPath $path
OperationDescription OperationId OperationStatus
-------------------- ----------- ---------------
Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile c31ae120-7a33-bded-b3a4-9052ad7ae569 Succeeded
