Configure the Server for Remote Desktop

In this exercise, you will enable Remote Desktop connections, change the number of simultaneous connections allowed to the server, and configure the disconnection settings for the connection.
1. Logon to Server01 as Administrator.
2. Open the System properties from Control Panel.
3. On the Remote tab, enable Remote Desktop. Close System Properties.
4. Open the Terminal Services Configuration console from the Administrative Tools folder.
5. In the tscc (Terminal Services Configuration\Connections) MMC, right-click the RDP-tcp connection in the details pane, and then click Properties.
6. On the Network Adapter tab, change the Maximum Connections to 1.
7. On the Sessions tab, select both of the Override User Settings check boxes, and make setting changes so that any user session that is disconnected, by any means, or for any reason, will be closed in 15 minutes, that has no Active session time limit, and that will be disconnected after 15 minutes of inactivity.
❑ End a disconnected session: 15 minutes
❑ Active session limit: never
❑ Idle session limit: 15 minutes
❑ When session limit is reached or connection is broken: Disconnect from session
This configuration will ensure that only one person at a time can be connected to the Terminal Server, that any disconnected session will be closed in 15 minutes, and that an idle session will be disconnected in 15 minutes. These settings are useful so as to not have a session that is disconnected or idle making the Remote Desktop for Administration connection unavailable.
Exercise 2: Connect to the Server with the Remote Desktop Client
1. On Server02 (or another remote computer, or from Server01 itself if a remote computer is not available), open Remote Desktop Connection (from the Accessories, Communications program group) and connect to and log to Server01.
2. On Server01, open the tscc (Terminal Services Configuration\Connections) MMC. You should see the remote session connected to Server01.
3. Leave the session idle for 15 minutes, or close the Remote Desktop client without logging off the Terminal Server session, and the session should be disconnected automatically in 15 minutes.
You have now logged on to Server01 remotely, and can perform any tasks on the Server01 computer that you could accomplish while logged on interactively at the console.