IAP Desktop

IAP Desktop 2.50.1825

IAP Desktop is a Windows application that allows you to manage multiple Remote Desktop connections to Windows VM instances that run on Google Cloud. This is not an officially supported Google product.

  • By Google Inc
  • Open Source
  • Updated Jun 23, 2026
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About IAP Desktop

IAP Desktop is a Windows application that allows you to manage multiple Remote Desktop connections to Windows VM instances that run on Google Cloud. This is not an officially supported Google product.

What's new in 2.50.1825

Release 2.50 introduces the following new features:
- Global connection settings: You can now configure connection settings that apply to all projects by right-clicking Google Cloud in the Project Explorer window and selecting Connection settings. Global connection settings are inherited across all projects, zones, and VM instances.
- SSH shortcuts: The terminal now additionally supports Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V for copying and pasting text.
- Connecting to databases: IAP Desktop now supports SQL Server Management Studio 22 and more versions of the MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL clients, including the latest ones.
In addition, the release includes several stability improvements and fixes for the following issues:
- Copying or pasting text to the terminal could work unreliably.
- Checking for updates sometimes failed because of rate limit exhaustion.
- Certain display scaling configurations could cause IAP Desktop to crash when initiating an RDP connection.
IAP Desktop is developed and maintained by jpassing.

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Technical details

PublisherGoogle Inc
AuthorGoogleCloudPlatform
Version2.50.1825
Release date2026-06-23
LicenseApache-2.0
Installer typewix
Architecturex64
Package IDGoogle.IAPDesktop

Links & install command

Install IAP Desktop from the command line with Windows Package Manager (winget):

winget install --id=Google.IAPDesktop -e

gcloudiapvdiwindows

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