RDP sessions with Terminal Services

[Guest Tristan]

Our Company currently have a dedicated server with server 2003 installed on

it. My colleagues connect to the server and then RDP out of the dedicated

server to clients servers.

 

This is becoming an issue now as more of us are using the dedicated server

and connecting to the same client servers.

 

So this is resulting in taking over other colleagues sessions which can be

very frustrating.

 

Is their any software out their which can prompt the users on server 2003

which clients are logged onto which client machine?

 

Any other useful thoughts would be much appreciated.

 

Tristan

[Guest Patrick Rouse]

RE: RDP sessions with Terminal Services

 

Are you connecting to the console sessions of the remote computers? If so,

and more than one person does this then one gets their session reset. Try

connecting without using the /console switch.

 

 

--

Patrick C. Rouse

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

SE, West Coast USA & Canada

Quest Software, Provision Networks Division

Virtual Client Solutions

http://www.provisionnetworks.com

 

 

"Tristan" wrote:

> Our Company currently have a dedicated server with server 2003 installed on

> it. My colleagues connect to the server and then RDP out of the dedicated

> server to clients servers.

>

> This is becoming an issue now as more of us are using the dedicated server

> and connecting to the same client servers.

>

> So this is resulting in taking over other colleagues sessions which can be

> very frustrating.

>

> Is their any software out their which can prompt the users on server 2003

> which clients are logged onto which client machine?

>

> Any other useful thoughts would be much appreciated.

>

> Tristan

>

[Guest Tristan]

Re: RDP sessions with Terminal Services

 

Hi,

 

Were not connecting on the console session just a standard rdp session. The

problem we have is the clients server's are set their end so we cant edit

the settings. Therefore we could do with having a local program that

notifys my colleagues who's connected on which site.

 

Thanks

 

 

"Patrick Rouse" <PatrickRouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8ADFBB8A-284C-4DE5-A339-D36384F672A2@microsoft.com...

> Are you connecting to the console sessions of the remote computers? If

> so,

> and more than one person does this then one gets their session reset. Try

> connecting without using the /console switch.

>

>

> --

> Patrick C. Rouse

> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> SE, West Coast USA & Canada

> Quest Software, Provision Networks Division

> Virtual Client Solutions

> http://www.provisionnetworks.com

>

>

> "Tristan" wrote:

>

>> Our Company currently have a dedicated server with server 2003 installed

>> on

>> it. My colleagues connect to the server and then RDP out of the

>> dedicated

>> server to clients servers.

>>

>> This is becoming an issue now as more of us are using the dedicated

>> server

>> and connecting to the same client servers.

>>

>> So this is resulting in taking over other colleagues sessions which can

>> be

>> very frustrating.

>>

>> Is their any software out their which can prompt the users on server 2003

>> which clients are logged onto which client machine?

>>

>> Any other useful thoughts would be much appreciated.

>>

>> Tristan

>>

[Guest Vera Noest [MVP]]

Re: RDP sessions with Terminal Services

 

So you are all logging on with the same credentials?

 

I see three possible solutions:

* ask the clients to create different credentials for each of you.

This has the added feature of trackability (you can track later who

did what)

* keep the same credentials, but ask the clients to enable multiple

connections per user. This will enable you to have simultaneous

connections. You will still need to coordinate your actions,

though.

* organise the work between you. This might be the best solution.

Multiple administrators working on the same server at the same time

without knowing about each other is a scary scenario to me.

 

If you actually want to avoid connecting to a client's server when

someone else is already connected, you could run the command

"netstat -b" (without the quotes) before starting mstsc, to check

if there is already an active session to the remote host.

Run netstat /? to see all the command parameters, you might want

some other output as well.

_________________________________________________________

Vera Noest

MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net

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"Tristan" <Tristan.Salisbury@bluespier.com> wrote on 19 feb 2008

in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

> Hi,

>

> Were not connecting on the console session just a standard rdp

> session. The problem we have is the clients server's are set

> their end so we cant edit the settings. Therefore we could do

> with having a local program that notifys my colleagues who's

> connected on which site.

>

> Thanks

>

>

> "Patrick Rouse" <PatrickRouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

> in message

> news:8ADFBB8A-284C-4DE5-A339-D36384F672A2@microsoft.com...

>> Are you connecting to the console sessions of the remote

>> computers? If so,

>> and more than one person does this then one gets their session

>> reset. Try connecting without using the /console switch.

>>

>>

>> --

>> Patrick C. Rouse

>> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> SE, West Coast USA & Canada

>> Quest Software, Provision Networks Division

>> Virtual Client Solutions

>> http://www.provisionnetworks.com

>>

>>

>> "Tristan" wrote:

>>

>>> Our Company currently have a dedicated server with server 2003

>>> installed on

>>> it. My colleagues connect to the server and then RDP out of

>>> the dedicated

>>> server to clients servers.

>>>

>>> This is becoming an issue now as more of us are using the

>>> dedicated server

>>> and connecting to the same client servers.

>>>

>>> So this is resulting in taking over other colleagues sessions

>>> which can be

>>> very frustrating.

>>>

>>> Is their any software out their which can prompt the users on

>>> server 2003 which clients are logged onto which client

>>> machine?

>>>

>>> Any other useful thoughts would be much appreciated.

>>>

>>> Tristan