How do I find out which remote desktop sessions are active?

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How do I find out which remote desktop sessions are active on a Windows Server 2003 box?

Here's the same question for Windows Server 2012, in which Terminal Services Manager is no longer available: http://serverfault.com/questions/471224/how-do-i-access-the-list-of-currently-logged-on-users-through-terminal-services/. — , Jan 20 '15 at 16:59

score 30 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 22 '16 at 20:10

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The commandline way, which you can even remotely use, is

qwinsta /SERVER:{servername}

which will list the current sessions and their status, and with

rwinsta /SERVER:{servername} {sessionid}

and the proper privileges you can disconnect a session, particularly useful when the limit has been reached and you are not connected.

{sessionid} is the ID number listed in qwinsta's result

edited Nov 22 '16 at 20:10

ashtonium

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answered Jul 30 '09 at 05:10

Vinko Vrsalovic

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+1 for major awesome coolness – Brandon Jul 30 '09 at 05:13
I get "qwinsta : No session exists for *" but running "query user" on the server directly clearly shows two sessions. – rob Oct 02 '17 at 13:52

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '09 at 04:50

Start -> Administrative tools -> Terminal Services Manager

Click on your servers name and it will list the active sessions on the right, there is also a field for the session state. Another tab called 'Sessions' will show active users, listeners and the console sessions.

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 30 '09 at 07:58

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If you have a remote desktop open to the server in question, you can see other sessions on the same server in the Task Manager (Ctrl-Shift-Esc).

answered Jul 30 '09 at 07:58

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Yes and the good thing, is that you can even disconnect or logged them out (if you're admin). – рüффп Jul 16 '21 at 09:55

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 29 '11 at 17:26

I'm a developer who was unable to RDP to a server because all available sessions were in use. I don't have Terminal Services manager, so none of the answers above applied. I use powershell for this kind of Windows service management, and I had success using the PowerShell module PSTerminalServices, which is from a MS employee (or group). Hit the link to install the MSI, then run the following from PowerShell:

Import-Module PSTerminalServices
Get-TSSession -ComputerName _MyRDPServer_ | Out-GridView

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Nov 18 '15 at 14:32

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Using Task Manager you can click on the Users Tab to see which sessions are running. Right-click on a User to disconnect or logoff.

answered Nov 18 '15 at 14:32

Eddie Muchabaiwa

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