--- title: "Connect to Windows desktop" chapter: false weight: 30 --- 1. Start the Remote Desktop Client and click **Add Desktop** 1. Enter the public ip address of the EC2 instance you obtained from the output section of the CloudFormation template and confirm with **Add** ![Lauch stack](/images/flink-on-kda/remote-desktop-1-create.png) 1. Double click on the desktop icon and enter `Administrator` as **Username** and the password you've retrieved earlier form the output section of the CloudFormatino template as **Password** ![Lauch stack](/images/flink-on-kda/remote-desktop-2-credentials.png) 1. When prompted if you want to continue with the warning that the root certificate couldn't be verified, press **Continue**