Monday, September 22, 2008

Remote Connection To Server 2003 Console - Session Zero

Issue:
Connect to a windows 2003 machine and see what the user at the console sees

Quick:
mstsc /v:servername /console

Visual/Learning:
In Windows Server 2003 administrators can redirect the server’s console to a remote desktop session. This session is called session zero.

You can connect using seesion zero with the following command:

mstsc /v:servername /console

The down side is that the screen is visible at only one location at a time. A person standing at the computer console will be logged out when the remote connection is made. They will need to log in again to see the screen which disconnects the remote user. Not as convenient for collaborative work as other products but possible.

1 comment:

Constantin Falcoianu said...

Hi Jimmy,
yes only one connection is possible to the console session.

If you need to connect with others concurrently you might want to have a look at TeamViewer (www.teamviewer.com). It is free to use and covers a lot of use cases like online collaboration, desktop sharing, presentations, file transfers....

We would also appreciate if you would give TeamViewer a try and share your impressions.

Let me know if any questions should occur.

Thanks,
Constantin
TeamViewer Germany