Multiple RDP Sessions
By default, Windows 2012 servers allow a single
Remote Desktop session. If only one session is available and we take over
another person's live session, we may choose to enable multiple RDP sessions.
This article describes the process for enabling and disabling multiple
sessions.
Enable Multiple RDP Sessions
1.
Log into the server using Remote Desktop.
2.
Open the start screen (press the Windows key) and
type gpedit.msc and open it:
3:
Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Connections.
4:
Set Restrict Remote Desktop Services user to a single Remote
Desktop Services session to Disabled.
5:
Double click Limit number of connections and set the RD Maximum Connections allowed to 999999.
SUMMARY
If you already use Remote
Desktop Services with MyWorkspace, you might have noticed, that you can only
have one RemoteApp open at a time. This is because by default, Windows Server
2012 allows only a single Remote Desktop session for each user.
This article describes how to
enable (and disable) multiple sessions. This way you can use multiple
RemoteApps in different tabs at the same time.
GOAL
After
completing this how-to you will have your Remote Desktop Services configured to
allow multiple sessions. Hence allowing your users to use multiple RemoteApps
in MyWorkspace at the same time.
Enable Multiple RDP Sessions
1. Log into the server, where the
Remote Desktop Services are installed.
2.
Open the start screen (press the Windows key) and type gpedit.msc and
open it.
3.
Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates >
Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session
Host > Connections.
4.
Set Restrict Remote Desktop Services user to a single Remote
Desktop Services session to Disabled.
5.
Double click Limit number of connections and set the RD
Maximum Connections allowed to 999999.
Disable Multiple RDP Sessions
1. Log into the server, where the
Remote Desktop Services are installed.
2.
Open the start screen (press the Windows key) and type gpedit.msc and
open it.
3.
Go to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates >
Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session
Host > Connections.
4.
Set Restrict Remote Desktop Services user to a single Remote
Desktop Services session to Enabled.
Enable Multiple RDP Sessions
1. Log into the
server, where the Remote Desktop Services are installed.
2. Open the start
screen (press the Windows key) and type gpedit.msc and open
it.
3. Go to Computer
Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote
Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Connections.
4. Set Restrict
Remote Desktop Services user to a single Remote Desktop Services session to
Disabled.
5. Double click
Limit number of connections and set the RD Maximum Connections allowed to
999999.
Disable Multiple RDP Sessions
1. Log into the
server, where the Remote Desktop Services are installed.
2. Open the start
screen (press the Windows key) and type gpedit.msc and open
it.
3. Go to Computer
Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components
> Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host
> Connections.
4. Set Restrict
Remote Desktop Services user to a single Remote Desktop Services session to
Enabled.
Naturally, specific vendor
guidance can change with the release of new editions of operating systems,
please defer to your operating system vendor if the above is not applicable to
your edition.
