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Viewing the sessions associated with a server or domain

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Viewing the sessions associated with a server or domain

Using Terminal Services Manager, you can view information about the user, state, and other properties of each session on a terminal server. To view a session on a terminal server, click the server or domain in the navigation pane, and then click the Sessions tab.

Each field on the Sessions tab is described in the following table.

Field Description

Server

Displays the servers with which the sessions are associated. This field is shown only when you click a domain in the navigation pane.

Session

Displays the sessions associated with a server. All sessions are displayed regardless of status.

User

Displays the users associated with the server or domain.

ID

Displays the numeric ID that identifies the session to the server.

State

Displays the status of a session. Session states include active, conn, connq, shadow, listen, disc, idle, down, and init. For more information, see Viewing session states.

Type

Specifies the type of client using the session or if the session is the system console.

Client name

Specifies the name of the client computer using the session, if applicable.

Idle time

Displays the number of minutes that have elapsed since the last keyboard or mouse input from a session.

Logon time

Displays the time at which the user logged on, if applicable.

Comment

Provides additional information about the session, such as its location. This field is optional.