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FotisV




Joined: Feb 20, 2008
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:05 am
Post subject: Auto Logoff Windows Session

Hello,

We want to use TS for our users and i would like some help. I know that we can configure the client pc so the users can log on to the domain and start automatically the TS session but i was wondering: Does the user has to log off two times, one time from the TS and one time from the Windows session? There must be a way to automate the process so that users don`t have to log off two times if we are going to use TS? Can this be done with the Group policy?

Thanks! Very Happy
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vera_noest




Joined: May 27, 2007
Posts: 195

Location: Sweden

(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:05 pm
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You're trying to implement a form of Single Sign-On, which is not a feature of 2003 TS (it is in 2008 with Vista clients).
How exactly are you configuring the clients to automatically start the TS session?

If the users start a full desktop session on the TS, they have to logoff twice. Only when you define a starting application on the TS, then users are automatically logged off from the TS when they end the application. But then, they can only run that single application and nothing more.

But depending on how you start the TS session, you could maybe automate logoff from the PC when the TS session ends.
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FotisV




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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:38 am
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Hello Vera,

Thanks for your reply Very Happy

We haven`t decide yet about the logon procedure, one option is to allow the machine to log on automaticaly in Windows, in a very secure locked-down enviroment which will give the user only the possibility to start a TS session and then the user will have to use the credentials to login and get the applications, after the work time the user will log off from TS and another user will be able to log in. During the evening a script will shut down the workstations to save energy (or the last user will shut the workstation down)
Another option is to allow users to log on in Windows and have a roaming profile and then log on in TS and have a TS roaming profile but i don`t see why the users should log on 2 times if they are going to work just with the applications on the TS server.
We are planning to use 2003 TS server and we have a mix of 2000/XP clients.
I hope i gave you a good description about our purpose.

Thanks again! Very Happy
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vera_noest




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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 4:44 pm
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As I wrote, Single Sign-On is not a native feature of Windows 2003 TS. You will need to buy a 3rd party application to get this (there are many with this feature, but most don't come cheap if this is the only reason you need them).

The only cheap work-around that I can think of is when you start the TS session automatically through a login script on the client, which you put in the Startup folder or the registry.
You could let that same script log the user off the client. Something like:

start / wait mstsc.exe
logoff.exe
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