Wednesday, January 13, 2010

increase number of remote desktop connections in Windows Server 2008

to increase the number of remote desktop sessions allowed, do the following:

start -> run and type 'gpedit.msc'
browse to the following: Computer configuration -> Administrative templates -> Windows Components
-> Remote desktop Services -> Remote desktop session host -> Connections

Define the policy 'Limit number of connections'

you can choose to 'disable' this for unlimited connections or enable and set your own limit.

2 comments:

  1. down vote accepted


    This is a licensing issue. W/o purchasing Terminal Services CALs you're limited just as you've seen to two (2) RDP connections.

    (You can sort of cheat and get one more session, BTW, by using the "/admin" or "/console" switch on the Terminal Services client.)

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