Accessing Pooled Virtual Desktops via RDP Client vs RDWeb

Hello,
We have a Windows 2012 R2 Pooled Virtual Desktop PoC set up and can be accessed via RDWeb. We need to be able to access the pooled desktops via the RDP client. How can you specify the name of your Pooled Desktop Collection in the RDP client
vs connecting directly to an individual desktop?

Hi,
To connect to the virtual desktop collection:
1. Open Internet Explorer (or other browsers).
2. In the Internet Explorer address bar, type the address of your RD Web Access server and then press Enter. For example, https://rdwa1.contoso.com/RDWeb.
3. Click Continue to this website (not recommended).
4. In the Domain\user name box, type the user name.
6. In the Password box, type the password for the use, and then click Sign in.
7. Click the name of your Collection, and then click Connect.
Test Lab Guide: Managed Pooled Virtual Desktop Collections
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831663.aspx
Test Lab Guide: Unmanaged Pooled Virtual Desktop Collections
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831618.aspx
Thanks.
Jeremy Wu
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