How to Enable Concurrent Sessions in Windows 7 and Windows Vista
I feel like Rip Van Winkle after discovering this cool trick. Not only did I not know you could tweak Windows Vista to enable concurrent RDP sessions, but you can do the same for Windows 7.
A bit of background here: I was working with a colleague configuring a Windows 7 test computer so they can start testing various applications in their enterprise. (Getting ready to deploy Windows 7 and skip Vista all together. Heard that before, right?) I asked him if there was a way multiple users could remote into the Windows 7 machine via remote desktop/RDP. He discovered a tweak documented at Missing Remote which worked like a charm. Apparently it utilizes the same technology as Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 - both allow multiple RDP sessions. How cool is this? Well, now you can have multiple people login to your test workstation to test. It’s almost like a poor man’s Terminal Services solution. I am not sure what the limit of concurrent sessions is but we tested with 5 concurrent sessions.
Now, imagine if you could tweak all the computers you support with the same functionality! You could literally install software on a user’s computer while they are logged in - at least that is my assumption. Very cool!
How to Enable Concurrent Sessions in Windows 7
How to Enable Concurrent Sessions in Windows Vista
-Simon
