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Asked: 2014-10-31 09:49:49 +0800 CST

Windows 8.1 RDP -shadow session

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Is it possible to establish RDP shadow session in Win 8.1 Pro VM on Win 8.1 Pro Host?

I can RDP into the VM from an external client (credentials saved):

 mstsc.exe /v:68.560.92.1

In the VM I get the session Id using query session yielding rdp-tcp#20

Then on another external client I do 

 mstsc.exe /v:68.560.92.1 /shadow:rdp-tcp#20      Result: "This computer name is invalid"
 mstsc.exe /v:68.560.92.1 /shadow:20              Result: "This computer name is invalid"
 mstsc.exe /v:68.560.92.1                         Result: Success, but kicks off other client

Some things I've done:

  1. disabled entire firewall on VM (for testing)

  2. Set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Control/TerminalServer/AllowRemoteRDC to 1

  3. Enabled File and Printer sharing on VM

Is this specifically not available without Win Server or full VDI deployment?

rdp

1 Answers

  1. No, it is not possible. Even if you found a "hack" solution that allowed for it, that would be violating Microsoft's EULA. What you are trying to do (shadow an RDP session) is only possible on a server OS and this is very much by design. Sorry.

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