{"id":1121,"date":"2015-10-09T12:19:26","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T18:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2019-10-18T15:33:44","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:33:44","slug":"how-to-set-time-limit-for-disconnected-sessions-windows-server-2012r2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/how-to-set-time-limit-for-disconnected-sessions-windows-server-2012r2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set time limit for disconnected sessions Windows Server 2012R2"},"content":{"rendered":"

By default, Remote Desktop Services allows users to disconnect from a remote session without logging off the server and ending the session. When a session is in a disconnected state, running programs are kept active even though the user is no longer actively connected. A disconnected session continues to consume server resources <\/strong>and we recommend that you set policies to end disconnected session after a period of time. Sessions are ended\/closed out if the user Logs Off from the server (start -> logoff) but are not ended if the user simply clicks the X in the upper corner to close the RDP window.<\/p>\n

You can limit the amount of time that active, disconnected, and idle sessions remain on the server. Two methods are described below:<\/p>\n

#1 — User Properties to set session time limits per user:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In each user\u2019s properties window, under sessions tab, you can change the default of \u201cend a disconnected session\u201d from NEVER to X hours\/days as well as change the other settings.<\/p>\n

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#2 — Group Policy to set session time limits for all users:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Cmd prompt, gpedit.msc<\/li>\n
  2. Computer Configuration, Admin Templates, Windows Components, Remote Desktop Services, Remote Desktop Session Host, Session Time Limits\n
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    1. Enable appropriate group policies and modify as needed<\/li>\n
    2. We recommend setting this one because it will prevent disconnected sessions from consuming server resources — \u201cSet time limit for disconnect sessions\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    3. After modifying group policies, you can force an update without rebooting by typing \u201cgpupdate \/force\u201d at cmd prompt<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      #3 — If Windows Server 2008R2, you can modify these settings in RD Session Host Configuration too<\/strong><\/p>\n

      To configure session settings on a windows 2008R2 server with Remote Desktop Services role installed, go to start -> administrative tools -> remote desktop services -> RD Session Host Configuration. Then right click RDP-Tcp properties, Sessions tab, and enter value to end a disconnect session after a specific period of time, end an idle session, etc. (tsconfig.msc also opens the RD Session Host Configuration window). More details can be found here: http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/cc754272.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

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      By default, Remote Desktop Services allows users to disconnect from a remote session without logging off the server and ending the session. When a session is in a disconnected state, running programs are kept active even though the user is no longer actively connected. A disconnected session continues to consume server resources and we recommend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12,13],"tags":[59,69,79,80],"class_list":["post-1121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-remote-desktop-hosting","category-windows-2008r2","category-windows-2012-r2","tag-server-hosting","tag-terminal-server-hosting","tag-windows-server-2008r2","tag-windows-server-2012r2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t