You can remotely control a user session in Remote Desktop Services Manager by using the Remote Control action.
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To remotely control a user session |
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In Remote Desktop Services Manager, in the left pane, click the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server on which the user session is running.
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To remotely control a user session, do either of the following:
- On the Users tab, right-click the user
session, and then click Remote Control.
- On the Sessions tab, right-click the
user session, and then click Remote Control.
- On the Users tab, right-click the user
session, and then click Remote Control.
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In the Remote Control dialog box, under Hot key, select the keys that you want to use to end the remote control session.
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Click OK to start the remote control session.
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To end the remote control session, press the keys that you specified in Step 3.
Additional considerations
- You can always remotely control your own
sessions (except the current session).
- You can only remotely control another session
from within a remote session.
- To remotely control another user's session,
you must have Full Control permission or Remote Control special
access permission.
- To configure remote control settings for a
connection, use Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration. To
configure remote control settings for a particular user account,
use the Remote Desktop Services extensions to Local Users and
Groups and Active Directory Users and Computers.
- You can either view or actively control the
session. If you choose to actively control a user's session, you
will be able to input keyboard and mouse actions to the
session.
- Before monitoring begins, the server warns
the user that the session is about to be remotely controlled,
unless this warning is disabled. Your session might appear to be
frozen for a few seconds while it waits for a response from the
user.
- Your session must be capable of supporting
the video resolution used at the session that you are remotely
controlling, or the operation fails.
- You can use the shadow command-line tool to
remotely control a user session.