How to log off remote desktop
Here’s an easy way to view RDP sessions for other servers from the command line and log them off if you need to. The only requirement for this is that you are a domain admin. Show From an elevated command prompt, run the below the command, replacing
This will show you a list of all sessions logged into that server. If you want to logoff one of these sessions, run the below the command replacing
This will then log off the session. Hope this helps!
AaronLaynePhillips-7245 asked • Jul 7, '21 | DSPatrick answered • Jul 15, '21
Hey guys, I am a Mac user trying to access my work Windows computer from home. I have downloaded MS Remote Desktop on my Mac to do this. I can connect fine to my work computer, but when I do it logs my work computer off. As I am running an analysis on my work computer that I want to be able to check the progress of from home, I need the work computer to continue running without logging off. Does anyone know how I can get around this issue? Thanks, Comment
MultiPoint Services users can log on and log off of their desktop sessions as they would with any Windows session. Users can also disconnect or suspend their session so that the MultiPoint Services station is not being used, but their session remains active in the MultiPoint Services system's computer memory. In addition, administrative users can end a user's session if the user has stepped away from their MultiPoint Services session or has forgotten to log off of the system. Logging off or disconnecting a sessionThe following table describes the different options that you or any user can use to log off, suspend, or end a session.
Suspending or ending a user's sessionThe following table describes the different options that you, as an administrative user, can use to disconnect or end a user's session.
See AlsoSuspend and Leave User Session Active End a User Session Manage User Desktops Log Off User Sessions
It is important that you properly close out of your remote desktop session when accessing SOU's remote desktop environments so that the computing resources you were using can be made available to other people. When people forget to close their session, it causes our remote desktop environments to run more slowly for everyone, so please remember to close your session properly by utilizing either of the two, simple methods explained below. Do NOT exit your session by selecting Disconnect from the power options or by simply quitting the RDP client running on your local device. That will only disconnect you from the session without closing it. That's fine if you plan to return to your session soon, but until you truly close your session, you will continue to use up resources on the remote server that someone else could be using. Method 1 - Left-click the Start Menu button and Log OutLeft-click on the Start Menu button, then click on the profile icon that looks like a person, and then click on Sign out. Method 2 - Right-click the Start Menu button and Log OutRight-click on the Start Menu button, then hover your mouse over the Shut down or sign out menu, and then select Sign out from the submenu by clicking on it.
The problem with disconnect is it locks my AD account when I change my password. (Do disconnected remote desktop sessions lock accounts?) The remote session only gives me options to "Shutdown", "Restart" and "Disconnect". |