RDP to Ubuntu Linux VM in Azure

Wanting to try out some of the cross-platform support available in Azure (https://azure.com) and Visual Studio Online (https://visualstudioonline.com), I created an Ubuntu 14.x VM in Azure this evening.

I wanted to RDP into it, so I followed Planky's excellent instructions here (https://blogs.msdn.com/b/plankytronixx/archive/2013/11/12/running-a-remote-desktop-on-a-windows-azure-linux-vm.aspx)

BUT, when I connected via RDP, all I saw was a big gray screen.... no desktop! What's up with that???

I hunted around on Bing for a few minutes and found lots of people with the same issue and no solutions.

Then I found a pointer to the solution on the askubuntu.com website, which led me to . . . .

A step-by-step guide to setting up xrdp in Ubuntu 14.x https://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=5305

It worked for me.

Enjoy!

-bliz