KeePass to RDP is an application that uses RDP entries from a KeePass database to launch RDP sessions. This removes the hassle of having to enter connection info and login credentials to hosts, especially handy in an environment where you connect to various servers all day long.
It will aggregate all entries from a KeePass database which are for RDP connections and present them in an easy to use interface. Simply select the entry from the dropdown list and click on the Launch Connection button. KeePassToRDP will launch Remote Desktop Connection and fill in all of the authentication details automatically. It will also launch the window full screen and on the second monitor if you have it.
Requires a KeePass 2.x KDBX file. Only entries with the string "RDP" (without quotes, case-insensitive) in either the title, notes, or tags will appear in the list. If the entries fall within a group, the group will also appear in the list. An example server list is shown below which includes multiple KeePass groups, which are translated to unselected sections in the dropdown list.
For reference, the database looks like this in KeePass.
Why not just write a plugin for KeePass which does the same thing? This program is intended to be standalone from KeePass, it just happens to use its database for credentials. It was originally created out of the need to connect easily to remote machines. The actual KeePass program played no role in that.
KeePassToRDP generates an RDP file suitable for Remote Desktop Connection
(mstsc.exe) to use. This file is saved to the user's temporary folder
while KeePassToRDP initiates the process -- read the server login
credentials from KeePass, encrypt them to an RDP file, launch Remote
Desktop Connection pointing to the RDP file, and finally delete the RDP
file. There is a security concern where the file can be copied during the
small window where it exists.
The password saved to this file is encrypted using the Data Protection API (DPAPI). Only the user which encrypted the password can decrypt it. In other words, if an attack was made against the generated RDP file and it was copied during its short-lived life, the attacker would have to use your Windows credentials in order to decrypt the password.