Secure2fa – The Two-Factor Solution Your Remote Desktop Gateway Actually Deserves

Listen, I’m going to give it to you straight, the way I give it to every client who’s one credential-stuffing attack away from a very bad day.

You’ve already invested in Microsoft RD Gateway. You’ve got the firewalls, the VPNs, the policies. Yet every single RDP session is still protected by nothing more than a username and a password that someone, somewhere, has already reused on a compromised forum. That’s not security. That’s a polite suggestion to hackers.

Enter Secure2fa – a dedicated, purpose-built second factor for Remote Desktop Gateway that actually works, deploys in minutes, and doesn’t cost you an arm, a leg, and your firstborn

Why Secure2fa Wins Where Everything Else Loses

Feature Generic 2FA plugins Overpriced enterprise suites Secure2fa
Real TOTP (Google/Microsoft Authenticator) Sometimes Yes Yes
Native Active Directory / LDAP validation Rarely Yes Yes, multiple domains supported
Zero changes to RD Gateway or clients No Sometimes Yes
Docker-first, single-container deployment Never No Yes, 2 minutes from pull to production
Encrypted storage + per-IP rate limiting No Overkill Built-in, sane defaults
Admin panel restricted to private networks only No Yes, but bloated Yes, with local + LDAP admin fallback
Licensing that doesn't require a finance degree No Absolutely not Transparent tiers, starts at 3 users free
Automatic Let's Encrypt or bring-your-own cert No Yes, for an extra module Yes, both supported out of the box

What You Actually Get

  • Clean, mobile-friendly login page that looks like it belongs in 2025
  • QR-code enrollment in under 10 seconds
  • 5-minute pre-auth window so your users aren’t typing codes while RDP times out
  • Full audit trail and brute-force protection that actually stops attacks instead of just logging them
  • Admin interface you can reach only from your office or VPN – no “oops, I left it exposed” moments
  • Zero trust for the admin path: private IPs only, separate local accounts as fallback, LDAP group checks if you want them
  • Works with every RD Gateway version Microsoft still supports (and a few they don’t)

The Part They Don’t Advertise

Most solutions are either half-baked browser extensions that break with every Windows update or million-dollar appliances that need their own support contract.

Secure2fa is the middle path that actually exists: self-hosted, obsessively hardened, and priced so you don’t have to justify it to accounting with a 40-slide deck.

You’re not buying a product. You’re buying the certainty that the next time some script kiddie runs Hydra against your RDP fleet, they’ll give up and go bother someone who’s still using password-only authentication.

Deploy it today. Sleep tonight. Because when it comes to protecting remote access, good enough is the same as not good at all.

Secure2fa – Because your gateway deserves better than hope. Drop us a line. We’ll have you secured before your coffee gets cold.