How to use Computer Vision to connect to an RDP session for enterprise licenses

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Hi, We have one automation developer flex license and one flex unattended robot. With this we have got a orchestrator that is specific to our service url like http:\rpa.abc.com, here we open, access our orchestrator and schedule processed for our unattended robot as well.
Now our use case is to connect to a remote desktop and perform desktop automation on it. This desktop is windows old version.
Before moving further, i want to clear that this remote desktop cannot install any UiPath remote runtime, so i think citrix or windows recorder will not work, that is why we chose CV for this purpose.
Now while developing on local, we are using a organization free account community version. And community version gives you access to an automation cloud orchestrator in which we can find a CV API key which is needed for CV activities from CV server “https://cv.uipath.com”. Now my question is after development on local with this api key, how can we take this project to Production and use CV screen scope there. Where to find the CV api key and server link for our case? Please guide us for the same

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You have 3 options:

  1. setup your own GPU-accelerated CV server (probably not something you have planned)
  2. get an API Key from Automation Cloud (you can simply create an account if you don’t have one yet)
  3. check the “UseLocalServer” property in your CV scope activity (performance is a bit lower than server-based inference though)
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Im assuming for the first option, is it a paid service that we have to take separately?
2. How to setup an automation cloud account with our service url? Like i mentioned above we have this url http:\rpa. abc.com. I cannot find any option to login to automation cloud using this url. Please guide on this.
3. What is the local cv? Does it work in the attended robot only which we start in the studio process? And if we want to schedule the process on our unattended robot will this work?

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Im assuming for the first option, is it a paid service that we have to take separately?

It is not a paid service, but it does mean setting up dedicated (usually a bit pricy) hardware.
This is an option preferred by companies who cannot accept any data to leave their premises.

  1. How to setup an automation cloud account with our service url? Like i mentioned above we have this url http:\rpa. abc.com. I cannot find any option to login to automation cloud using this url. Please guide on this.

Creating an account on cloud.uipath.com is something that anyone can do and would typically require no guidance. You will need to reach out to support to get your enterprise license linked to your account.

  1. What is the local cv? Does it work in the attended robot only which we start in the studio process? And if we want to schedule the process on our unattended robot will this work?

It is probably best to go through the docs for details: https://docs.uipath.com/activities/other/latest/user-guide/about-the-computer-vision-local-server-pack
But the short answer is: it is a lightweight CV model running directly on the Robot machine alongside the process, it works for both attended and unattended with Windows or Windows-legacy compatibility.