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RayofCommand
Asked: 2014-05-27 01:17:07 +0800 CST

What's the best way to see logged in users in Windows Server 2012?

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Right now I use a powershell script to see the currently logged in users. But I don't see if their session is idle, active or inactive. I can see when the session was started, that's it. Is there an easy way to see how many users are currently logged in to the server I am logged in and see their status? It should not be remotely executed. I would like to avoid third party tools if possible.

windows-server-2012

7 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Use the query user command

    Query User Command
    http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490801.aspx

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  2. Open the Task-Manager and see the users tab. There you will find a list of users and their status.

    Task-Manager

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  3. "quser" command will give you the active now users

    the same result will give you the "qwinsta" command

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  4. Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName 192.168.1.9 | Select-Object UserName

    where 192.168.1.9 is the IP of the server

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  5. Use quser or query user to check users connected

    quser

query user

    quser or query user

    Use qwinsta or query session to check sessions connected

    qwinsta

query session

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  6. Also you can use the "UserLock" application to see which users logged in. By this 3rd party tool you can manage the session of the users as well as remote desktop sessions. It is a great tool in this case. I suggest you try this tool.

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  7. Its easy in Server 2016 when you are in a session:

    Click the search glass bottom left on task bar

    Type gateway in the box and this should bring up "Remote Desktop Gateway Manager"; select it.

    Click on the ">" next to the RDS server you want to view (RDS-01) for most I guess, then select the monitoring folder

    You can now see who is logged on, how long for, since what time and can disconnect them or set connection limits.

    Please note you probably need certain admin rights to do this, but it works for me.

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