The Remote Control tab allows you to configure the remote control settings for a user's Remote Desktop Services session.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
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Enable remote control |
Select if you want to observe or actively control the user's Remote Desktop Services session. If you want to remotely control the user's session without the user's permission, clear the Require user's permission check box. |
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Level of control |
Specify the level of control that you want to have over a user's session. If you select Interact with the session, you will be able to input keyboard and mouse actions to the session. |
Additional considerations
- Membership in the Administrators
group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to configure the
properties of a local user account.
- Membership in the Account Operators
group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to configure the
properties of most domain user accounts. In some cases, membership
in the Domain Admins group, or equivalent, is the minimum
required.
- Review details about using the appropriate
accounts and group memberships at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477.
- For more information about remotely
controlling a user session on an RD Session Host server, see
the topic "Remotely Control a User Session" in the Remote Desktop
Services Manager Help in Windows Server 2008 R2.
- You can use Remote Desktop Session Host
Configuration to configure remote control settings on a
per-connection basis on an RD Session Host server. Remote
control settings configured by using Remote Desktop Session Host
Configuration will take precedence over the remote control settings
that have been configured for a specific user account.
- For information about configuring remote
control settings on a per-connection basis on an RD Session
Host server by using Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration, see
the topic "Configuring Remote Desktop Services Connections" in the
Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration Help in Windows
Server 2008 R2.
- For information about configuring remote
control settings by using Group Policy settings, see Using Group Policy
Settings.