Multiple concurrent RDP sessions on Azure Windows VM

Great Collaborative Team 11 Reputation points
2020-04-05T21:18:04.807+00:00

I have created a new Windows VM, enabled RDP, create a local user account in VM and also an Azure AD account.
I am able to individually connect to VM using RDP with admin account and Azure AD accounts, but server is forcing us to disconnect other user and always restricting to keep only one active user session on server.

We are planning to have 4 user accounts connect and work parallely on this server. Please advice how we can get this resolved.

Thanks

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  1. Ronen Ariely 15,096 Reputation points
    2020-04-05T21:56:28.033+00:00

    Good day,

    check the following explanation on how to change the default behavior and allow multiple sessions:
    https://community.dynamics.com/365/b/dynamics365enterprisecloudfronts/posts/setup-simultaneous-remote-login-for-multiple-users

    Note! remember that you must have licence for extra sessions!

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  2. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2020-04-05T22:03:52.493+00:00
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  3. Great Collaborative Team 11 Reputation points
    2020-04-18T14:29:17.95+00:00

    Thanks for the response. I have tried changing the settings as mentioned in the note, but that didnt help. Can you please advice how to get license for extra sessions ?

  4. Dave Patrick 426.1K Reputation points MVP
    2020-04-18T14:32:02.833+00:00

    Something here may help.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-desktop-services/rds-client-access-license

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