Tuesday, September 29, 2015

How to Enable / Disable Multiple RDP Sessions in Windows 2008 / 2008-R2

Following are the steps to enable multiple logins in Windows Server 2008/2008 R2:
1.       Login to Server (RDP).
2.       Click Start.
3.       Go to configuration:
a.       2008 R2 - Search for remote desktop session host configuration ( Start > Administrative Tools > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration).


b.      2008 – Search for Terminal services configuration (Start > Administrative Tools > Terminal Services >Terminal Services Configuration).
4.       Double click Restrict each user to a single session.


Check/Uncheck Restrict each user for single session checkbox to Disable/Enable multiple RDP sessions.