The Terminal Services Manager tool, Tsadmin.exe, is the main administration tool used to manage existing Terminal Services sessions, users, and processes which are connected to, or running on the Terminal Services server. The Terminal Services Manager tool can be used to manage a single Terminal Services server, or multiple Terminal Services servers. The administrative tasks that can be performed using the Terminal Services Manager tool are listed below:
- View information on existing Terminal Services servers, users, and any connected or running sessions and processes.
- Connect to sessions, and disconnect from sessions.
- Terminate existing sessions and processes
- Log off users from sessions.
- Send messages to users and sessions.
- Monitor users, sessions, and processes
The Actions menu on the Terminal Services Manager window contains various options which enable you to perform different tasks or actions for users, sessions and processes. The Actions menu options, and the permissions required to perform these actions are listed below:
- Connect: The Connect option can be used only from a session, and it enables a user to connect from a session to a different session. The required permissions is Full Control, or User Access
- Disconnect: This Action menu option disconnects the user from the existing session. The session is however saved, and applications still continue to run. The required permission is Full Control.
- Send Message: The Send Message option enables a user to transmit a message to a single session, or to all sessions. The required permission is Full Control, or User Access.
- Remote Control: This option enables a user to utilize the existing session to examine or control the session of another user. The required permission is Full Control.
- Reset: This option is used to immediately end a session. All unsaved user data is lost. The required permission is Full Control.
- Status: This option can be used to display information on a particular session. The required permission is Full Control, or User Access
- Log Off: The Logoff option can be used to log off a user from a session. The required permission is Full Control.
- End Process: This option can be used to end a process in a session. The required permission is Full Control.