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asamborski and others added 6 commits June 25, 2025 07:30
Update DNS record instructions to be more descriptive on how to handle a AAAA record and a CNAME record.
Not sure how moving the header didn't go with initial commit?
More concise, hopefully more straightforward
minor wording adjustments
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PR Change Summary

Updated the RDP documentation to include DNS record creation instructions and clarified existing content.

  • Added a section on creating DNS records for RDP targets.
  • Clarified the requirements for enabling browser-based RDP.
  • Removed redundant information about DNS records from a previous section.

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## 3. Create an Access application
## 3. Create a DNS record

To make your RDP targets (that is, your Windows machines) available through the browser, you will need a [Cloudflare DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) for the domain and subdomain that users will connect to. This domain will be used to access any targets that are available to users through your Access application (see Step 4).
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To make your RDP targets (that is, your Windows machines) available through the browser, you will need a [Cloudflare DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) for the domain and subdomain that users will connect to. This domain will be used to access any targets that are available to users through your Access application (see Step 4).
To make your RDP targets (that is, your Windows machines) available through the browser, you will need a [Cloudflare DNS record](/dns/manage-dns-records/how-to/create-dns-records/) for the domain and subdomain that users will connect to. This domain will be used to access any targets that are available to users through your Access application (refer to step 4).

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I believe "targets" is ZTIA language meaning "machine being accessed by users"? We discussed the same about SSH. In my understanding, targets is not an industry term but rather something CF came up with to describe how to use us. If I am correct in my understanding, we should get clear on this definition and add it to the CF1 glossary to avoid confusion

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The DNS record does not need to point to an active destination IP address or hostname; the record just needs to be valid. Cloudflare's RDP proxy will handle the routing to the correct RDP target.
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The DNS record does not need to point to an active destination IP address or hostname; the record just needs to be valid. Cloudflare's RDP proxy will handle the routing to the correct RDP target.
The DNS record does not need to point to an active destination IP address or hostname; the DNS record just needs to be valid. Cloudflare's RDP proxy will handle the routing to the correct RDP target.

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