Kick user off remote Desktop session
How to Logoff/Kill Remote Desktop Sessions?Updated: Aug 29, 2020 Show Article No :: KB00007 In the Windows Servers, by default, there are only two remote desktop sessions allowed (until you have taken an RDP license). In multiple situations, you find that you cant connect/login into the server via RDP/MSTSC because two sessions are already active or in disconnected mode. You get the error msg "Remote Desktop Disconnected", "This computer cant connect to the remote computer." Permission/Access required - You must be the part of the local administrator group of the remote server to kill/reset the disconnected or active sessions. Applies to - Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Query the Remote Server for Current Terminal SessionsQWinSta - Displays information about sessions on a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server First, we query to list the sessions on the remote server. Command for Query the Server Sessions is qwinsta /server:[ServerIP/Hostname] Example: qwinsta /server:192.168.40.1 qwinsta /server:myServer.Contoso.com or myserver.contoso.local Output of Command C:>qwinsta /server:myServer.contoso.com SESSIONNAME USERNAME ID STATE TYPE DEVICE 0 Disc rdpwd ica-tcp 65536 Listen wdica rdp-tcp 65537 Listen rdpwd console 16 Conn wdcon ica-tcp#966 avijitd 10 Active wdica ica-tcp#969 deepakk 1 Active wdica Note: Please take a note of the session ID from the Query command. In the above example, if i have to disconnect the session of User "avijitd" then the session id is "10". Logoff/Kill the Remote Desktop SessionsRWinSta - Enables you to reset (delete) a session on a Remote Desktop Session Host (rd Session Host) server. Command for Release the Server Sessions rwinsta [Session ID] /server:[Server IP] Example: We will kill/logoff the remote session of user "avijitd" whose session ID is "10" rwinsta 10 /server:192.168.40.1 rwinsta 10 /server:myServer.Contoso.com or myserver.contoso.local Note: RWinsta command does not return anything. Some good books related to Windows Hacks and Microsoft Azure Cloud. Do check it out. #KillRemoteSession #RemoteDesktopSession #QWinSta #RWinSta #LogoffRemoteSession #WindowsServer #RDPSession #MSTSCSession #Server
0 views0 comments Post not marked as likedArticle No :: KB00007 In the Windows Servers, by default, there are only two remote desktop sessions allowed (until you have taken an RDP license). In multiple situations, you find that you cant connect/login into the server via RDP/MSTSC because two sessions are already active or in disconnected mode. You get the error msg "Remote Desktop Disconnected", "This computer cant connect to the remote computer." Permission/Access required - You must be the part of the local administrator group of the remote server to kill/reset the disconnected or active sessions. Applies to - Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 Query the Remote Server for Current Terminal SessionsQWinSta - Displays information about sessions on a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server First, we query to list the sessions on the remote server. Command for Query the Server Sessions is qwinsta /server:[ServerIP/Hostname] Example: qwinsta /server:192.168.40.1 qwinsta /server:myServer.Contoso.com or myserver.contoso.local Output of Command C:>qwinsta /server:myServer.contoso.com SESSIONNAME USERNAME ID STATE TYPE DEVICE 0 Disc rdpwd ica-tcp 65536 Listen wdica rdp-tcp 65537 Listen rdpwd console 16 Conn wdcon ica-tcp#966 avijitd 10 Active wdica ica-tcp#969 deepakk 1 Active wdica Note: Please take a note of the session ID from the Query command. In the above example, if i have to disconnect the session of User "avijitd" then the session id is "10". Logoff/Kill the Remote Desktop SessionsRWinSta - Enables you to reset (delete) a session on a Remote Desktop Session Host (rd Session Host) server. Command for Release the Server Sessions rwinsta [Session ID] /server:[Server IP] Example: We will kill/logoff the remote session of user "avijitd" whose session ID is "10" rwinsta 10 /server:192.168.40.1 rwinsta 10 /server:myServer.Contoso.com or myserver.contoso.local Note: RWinsta command does not return anything. Some good books related to Windows Hacks and Microsoft Azure Cloud. Do check it out. #KillRemoteSession #RemoteDesktopSession #QWinSta #RWinSta #LogoffRemoteSession #WindowsServer #RDPSession #MSTSCSession #Server |
