Configuring Remote Desktop Features

Table 5‑14. RDS Connections Group Policy Settings (Continued)
Setting Description
Deny logoff of an administrator logged in to
the console session
This policy seing determines whether an administrator
aempting to connect remotely to the console of a server can
log o an administrator currently logged on to the console.
This policy is useful when the currently connected
administrator does not want to be logged o by another
administrator. If the connected administrator is logged o,
any data not previously saved is lost.
If you enable this policy seing, logging o the connected
administrator is not allowed.
If you disable or do not congure this policy seing, logging
o the connected administrator is allowed.
N The console session is also known as Session 0.
Console access can be obtained by using the /console switch
from Remote Desktop Connection in the computer eld name
or from the command line.
Configure keep-alive connection interval
This policy seing allows you to enter a keep-alive interval to
ensure that the session state on the RDS host is consistent with
the client state.
After a client loses the connection to an RDS host, the session
on the RDS host might remain active instead of changing to a
disconnected state, even if the client is physically
disconnected from the RDS host. If the client logs on to the
same RDS host again, a new session might be established (if
the RDS host is congured to allow multiple sessions), and the
original session might still be active.
If you enable this policy seing, you must enter a keep-alive
interval. The keep-alive interval determines how often, in
minutes, the server checks the session state. The range of
values you can enter is 1 to 999,999.
If you disable or do not congure this policy seing, a keep-
alive interval is not set and the server will not check the
session state.
Limit number of connections
Species whether Remote Desktop Services limits the number
of simultaneous connections to the server.
You can use this seing to restrict the number of Remote
Desktop Services sessions that can be active on a server. If this
number is exceeded, additional users who try to connect
receive an error message that states the server is busy and to
try again later. Restricting the number of sessions improves
performance because fewer sessions are demanding system
resources. By default, RDS hosts allow an unlimited number
of Remote Desktop Services sessions, and Remote Desktop for
Administration allows two Remote Desktop Services sessions.
To use this seing, enter the number of connections you want
to specify as the maximum for the server. To specify an
unlimited number of connections, type 999999.
If you enable this policy seing, the maximum number of
connections is limited to the specied number consistent with
the version of Windows and the mode of Remote Desktop
Services running on the server.
If you disable or do not congure this policy seing, limits to
the number of connections are not enforced at the Group
Policy level.
N This seing is designed to be used on RDS hosts,
which are servers running the Windows operating system
with Remote Desktop Session Host role service installed.
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