{"id":1501,"date":"2018-11-16T11:56:15","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T11:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2019-10-18T15:34:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T15:34:22","slug":"limit-users-who-can-login-via-rdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/limit-users-who-can-login-via-rdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Limit users who can login via RDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>Limit users who can login via RDP<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By default, all users in the \u201cAdministrators group\u201d have RDP access rights.\u00a0 And, of course, all users in the \u201cRemote Desktop Users group\u201d have RDP access rights too.\u00a0 If you only want some members of the Administrators group to have RDP access, you can adjust this in Local Security Settings as follows: by removing the \u201cadministrators group\u201d and then making sure all required remote users are part of the \u201cRemote Desktop Users group\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Local Security Policy (secpol.msc) -&gt; Security Settings -&gt; Local Policies -&gt; User Rights Assignment -&gt; Allow Logon Through Remote Desktop Services, change settings to remove \u201cAdministrators group\u201d (but make sure any users you want to have RDP access are already part of the \u201cRemote Desktop Users Group\u201d especially the one you are currently logged in with).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Limit users who can login via RDP By default, all users in the \u201cAdministrators group\u201d have RDP access rights.\u00a0 And, of course, all users in the \u201cRemote Desktop Users group\u201d have RDP access rights too.\u00a0 If you only want some members of the Administrators group to have RDP access, you can adjust this in Local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,15],"tags":[46,49,52],"class_list":["post-1501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-remote-desktop-hosting","category-windows-server-2016","tag-rdp","tag-rdp-security","tag-remote-desktop"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Limit users who can login via RDP - Riptide Hosting - superior uptime and support\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"RiptideHosting\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.RiptideHosting.com\/blog\/limit-users-who-can-login-via-rdp\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Riptide Hosting - superior uptime and support - Access your programs and files from anywhere! 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