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On MacBook Air M1 running Ventura 13.3.1, whenever I attempt to run a Microsoft Remote Desktop session in fullscreen, it opens in a separate "space" but immediately slides back to the main desktop, out of view. When I swipe back to it, it immediately slides back. When I swipe up to view the spaces bar, it shows up there, but when I select it, it again immediately slides back to the desktop.
App is up to date and running 10.8.2. Rebooted and have run all MacOS updates. There are no other "spaces" open or defined besides the desktop and the full screen remote session when it is running. It happens for any remote desktop I have defined in the connection center.
It's been happening for a couple of months at least. But not sure when it started exactly.
I am able to work around this by using windowed and not full-size, but obviously not ideal.
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I have not had this issue until I've updated to Sonoma. Now, whenever I select the space with RDP in full screen, spaces slide to the first non-RDP space in order. The solution posted by Mike Rost to disable Full Keyboard Access has not worked. It was not set on in the first place, and setting it on and off didn't have any impact.
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After latest update started having this problem. Disabling Full Keyboard Access solved this issue :-)
Solution was somehow Full Keyboard Access under MacOS -> Settings -> Accessibility had been enabled. Disabling this fixed the problem.
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I have the same problem. Full Keyboard Access is disabled.
Same problem on two Macs.
Okay, I think I found a workaround. When you disable "When switching to an application, switch to a Space with open windows for the application" the problem disappears. It's in the Mission Control setting page on Sonoma.
OK, doesn't solve the problem at all.
Badest problem I have ever experienced on macOS.
Cannot work at all with this problem!!!!!
Fucks me up at all!
Standard RDP protocol broken at all!
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I have the same issue, and it is soooo frustrating.
My OS is Ventura 13.3 (22E252), that indicates its not a sonoma problem, and likely the MS client.
Microsoft, please fix this.
What worked for me was to click on the remote desktop app to connect again, as if I was reconnecting, and It brought me back to the remote session.
The only problem is that I often have to slide between the MacOS and windows, and as soon as I slided back, the problem was on again.
What I have now tried and seems to work, is to download the beta version of the remote desktop "Windows app preview". The problem is gone for the last 5 minutes. Worth a shot after a year of strugling with this.
