RDP Session Monitoring and Reporting

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Overview

Corner Bowl Server Manager provides RDP Session Monitoring that goes far beyond the limited built-in Windows Session Time Limits. The add value features include monitoring specific Security Groups and Users as well as data transfer, a potential indicator of espionage. Also included, is the ability to report on all network-wide RDP Sessions in a single data table.

Common Tasks

• Manually disconnect any RDP Session.
• Automatically disconnect idle RDP Sessions.
• Generate network-wide RDP Session Reports.

How to Manually Disconnect an RDP Session

• From the Explorer View, find the target host under the root Hosts node. Right click then select Host Properties. The Host Properties View displays.
• From the Host Properties View, select the RDP Tab.
• Selecting the tab reveals the current RDP sessions. If the Windows Server is not using the Agent, this view attempts to connect using either the service credentials or impersonation, if configured, then Microsoft�s built-in network API is utilized.
• You have 2 disconnect options. You can disconnect a user which saves the logon session state for later use then disconnect the session or you can logoff the session off which logs the user off without saving the session state permanently terminating the session.
• To disconnect the session, right click on the session then click Disconnect.
• Once clicked the user is disconnected and the connection state changes to Disconnected.
• To log a session off, right click on the session then click Logoff.
• Once clicked the user is logged off, the connection is terminated and removed from the list.

Manually Disconnect an Idle RDP Session

How to Automatically Disconnect Idle RDP Session

• From the Explorer View, find the sample RDP Session Monitor Template located in the following path:

Templates / Sample Templates / Windows / Accounts / RDP Session Monitor Template

• Right click on the Template then select Template Properties. The Template Properties View displays.
• Use the General Tab to schedule the frequency to scan RDP Session.
• Use the Options Tab to configure the trigger criteria and RDP Session instance Actions. This view displays a read-only view of the columns which will be returned.
• Use the Warning and Critical Trigger controls to specify the columns to filter. Use the IDLE_TIME_SPAN column to monitor idle time. Use the DATA_OUT column to monitor the amount of data transferred from the server to the user's desktop.

Idle RDP Session Trigger Criteria

• Use the Warning and Critical Trigger drop-downs to select one of the following Actions:

RDP Logoff Action

• Use the User Filters Tab to filter out or target specific Security Groups or Users.

• Use the Agent Tab to enable the Agent, otherwise, Microsoft's Remote Desktop Services API.
• Use the Action Tab to assign network administrator email notifications.
• Use the Assignments View to assign each host or a group of hosts.

How to Report on All Network-Wide RDP Sessions

• From the Menu Bar, select File / New. The New Report View displays.
• From the New Report View, expand Summary Reports then select Summary Report.
• Select the Template Assignments Tab then assign the RDP Session Monitor Template.

RDP Session Report Template Assignment

• Select the Options Tab.
• Check the Re-execute each monitor option to execute the template on each assigned host.
• From the Group by drop-down select Template.
• From the Columns drop-down select RDP Session Monitor.
• Choose the columns to include. Notice you also have the option to sort by specific columns.

RDP Session Report Properties

• Next, assign the root Hosts Group to include all hosts that have the template assigned.
• Next, click the Auto-Generate Name .
• Click Save, then View Report.

Related Topics

RDO Session Monitor Templates

Disconnect RDO Session Actions