{"id":9844,"date":"2014-08-04T07:01:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T05:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/?p=9844"},"modified":"2014-09-19T09:31:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T07:31:25","slug":"windows-server-enable-multiple-rdp-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/en\/windows-server-enable-multiple-rdp-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server enable multiple RDP sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"multiplerdpconnections01\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/multiplerdpconnections01.jpg\" alt=\"multiplerdpconnections01\" width=\"602\" height=\"202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since multiple RDP sessions are disabled by default on Windows Servers, multiple concurrent remote sessions can be enabled by editing the Registry.<\/p>\n<p>Because in Windows 2008\/2012 RDP sessions are limited to two with one logon for one user, this setting may be useful in organizations who work with <strong>multiple administrators<\/strong> in the team to perform maintenance tasks.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When you try to RDP connect the server while another user is already connected, you receive the message:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"multiplerdpconnections02\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/multiplerdpconnections02.jpg\" alt=\"multiplerdpconnections02\" width=\"572\" height=\"169\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Procedure<\/h2>\n<p>In Windows Server (2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2) open the <strong>Registry Editor<\/strong>\u00a0and navigate to the following key:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Terminal Server<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"multiplerdpconnections03\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/multiplerdpconnections03.jpg\" alt=\"multiplerdpconnections03\" width=\"600\" height=\"507\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Right click the <strong>fSingleSessionPerUser<\/strong> REG_DWORD and select <strong>Modify<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"multiplerdpconnections04\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/multiplerdpconnections04.jpg\" alt=\"multiplerdpconnections04\" width=\"600\" height=\"507\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Set the value from 1 to <strong>0<\/strong> then click <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"multiplerdpconnections05\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/multiplerdpconnections05.jpg\" alt=\"multiplerdpconnections05\" width=\"345\" height=\"206\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>fSingleSessionPerUser<\/strong> key is now properly set.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"multiplerdpconnections06\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/multiplerdpconnections06.jpg\" alt=\"multiplerdpconnections06\" width=\"600\" height=\"507\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you can establish multiple concurrent RDP connections to the server.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nolabnoparty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/firma.jpg\" alt=\"firma\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since multiple RDP sessions are disabled by default on Windows Servers, multiple concurrent remote sessions can be enabled by editing the Registry. 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