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Event ID 1070 — Remote Desktop Session Host Connections

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2

Users can connect to an RD Session Host server to run programs, save files, and use network resources on that server. When a user disconnects from a session, all processes running in the session, including applications, will continue to run on the RD Session Host server.

The user logon mode on the RD Session Host server can be configured to prevent new user sessions from being created on the RD Session Host server. You might want to prevent new user sessions from being created on the RD Session Host server when you are planning to take the RD Session Host server offline for maintenance or to install new applications.

Event Details

Product: Windows Operating System
ID: 1070
Source: Microsoft-Windows-TerminalServices-RemoteConnectionManager
Version: 6.1
Symbolic Name: EVENT_TS_LOGON_FAILED_BY_DRAIN
Message: A logon request was denied because the terminal server is currently in drain mode and therefore not accepting new user logons. To configure the server to allow new user logons, use the Terminal Services Configuration tool.

Resolve

Configure the RD Session Host server to allow new user logons

To resolve this issue, configure the RD Session Host server to allow new user logons by using Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.

To perform this procedure, you must have membership in the local Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority.

To allow new user logons:

  1. On the RD Session Host server, open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration. To open Remote Desktop Session Host Confiiguration, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.
  2. If the User Account Control dialog box appears, confirm that the action it displays is what you want, and then click Yes.
  3. Under General, double-click User logon mode.
  4. Under User logon mode, select Allow all connections, and then click OK.

Verify

To verify that connections to the RD Session Host server are working properly, establish a remote session with the RD Session Host server.

Remote Desktop Session Host Connections

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