How to Fix Remote Computer (RDP) requires Network Level Authentication (NLA)

You are get below error message while try to remote desktop to another Windows domain server.

The remote computer that you are trying to connect to requires 
network level authentication (NLA), but your windows domain 
controller cannot be contacted to perform NLA. 
If you are an administrator on the remote computer, 
you can disable NLA by using the options on the remote tab 
of the System Properties dialog box.

You can use one of the below methods to solve the NLA issue.

Method 1

Go to Documents and delete the Default.rdp (you can select Hidden items). Once done, try to RDP again.

Method 2

If you have the administrator access on the remote server, please use the following steps.

Open the Windows System Properties (from Windows search, type sysdm.cpl). Go to Remote tab, check the “Allow remote connections to this computer” and unchecked “Allow connections only from computers running Remote Desktop with Network Level Authentication (recommended)“.

Method 3

Use below PowerShell command,

$TargetMachine = "REMOTE-SERVER"

(Get-WmiObject -class "Win32_TSGeneralSetting" -Namespace root\cimv2\terminalservices -ComputerName $TargetMachine -Filter "TerminalName='RDP-tcp'").SetUserAuthenticationRequired(0)

Note: “REMOTE-SERVER” is the target server for RDP.

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