Keep User logged in on Server 2012 R2
I have Virtual Server2012 R2 that is hosted in the cloud.
It is on a Domain and using Active Directory
I have the RDS license installed and all is well
I have an Admin user that needs to keep his session logged in so that certain tasks are performed. This is the only user that needs this. I need the other users to get logged out as soon as they close the RDS session for performance and security reasons.
It is on a Domain and using Active Directory
I have the RDS license installed and all is well
I have an Admin user that needs to keep his session logged in so that certain tasks are performed. This is the only user that needs this. I need the other users to get logged out as soon as they close the RDS session for performance and security reasons.
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According to the SQL writer the login has to stay running. It’s not a task thing, it has to do with QuickBooks requiring the UI to run. And only way that happens is to have a disconnected user logged in to run the tasks it needs to do. It’s weird, but there you go.
QB absolutely requires a UI to run, so you have to be logged in as a real user and not a service.
QB absolutely requires a UI to run, so you have to be logged in as a real user and not a service.
I seem to recall that there was a setting in 2003 and 2008 (It's been a long while and I haven't had to run a service in 2012 yet) that allowed you to set a user and run as if the user was logged in.
ASKER
There has to be a way to keep a user logged into Server 2012R2 and it be isolated to only Administrators or a single user.
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Called Microsoft and this is how they fixed it.
PROBLEM: Only one user should have an rdp session, that is always active and never ends on Server 2012 R2.
RESOLUTION:
--created a new container in Active Directory and moved the user into that container.
--created a new GPO for this container
--enabled the “Set time limit for disconnected sessions to never” policy for that user by editing the new GPO:.
--ran gpupdate /force on the server as well on that particular user session.
--also made the following registry change for that user on the user session itself:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Softwar
"Keep Alive Interval"=dword: 999999(decimal)
PROBLEM: Only one user should have an rdp session, that is always active and never ends on Server 2012 R2.
RESOLUTION:
--created a new container in Active Directory and moved the user into that container.
--created a new GPO for this container
--enabled the “Set time limit for disconnected sessions to never” policy for that user by editing the new GPO:.
--ran gpupdate /force on the server as well on that particular user session.
--also made the following registry change for that user on the user session itself:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Softwar
"Keep Alive Interval"=dword: 999999(decimal)
There really isn't a need to keep a user logged on once you've converted it to a service.