can more than 2 users connect Remotely using Remote Desktop connection in Windows server 2008 R2

Question

can more than 2 users connect at same time using Remote Desktop connection (RDC) in Windows server 2008?

If yes, please guide me.

Solution

Since you used the Windows Server R2 tag, I assume you use the R2 version:

1. On the RD Session Host server, open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration. To open Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, point to Remote Desktop Services, and then click Remote Desktop Session Host Configuration.

2. Under Connections, right-click the name of the connection, and then click Properties.

3. In the Properties dialog box for the connection, on the Network Adapter tab, click Maximum connections, enter the number of simultaneous remote connections that you want to allow for the connection, and then click OK.

If the Maximum connections option is selected and dimmed, the Limit number of connections Group Policy setting has been enabled and has been applied to the RD Session Host server.

copy & pasted from source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753380.aspx

Comments

[Mike Koch]

Searching Google gave me many results bit.ly/1ioWIlk

[joeqwerty]

Yes, by installing the Remote Desktop Session Host role on the server and by installing the Remote Desktop Licensing role on a server and by having the appropriate number of RDS CAL's.

[Chris Moschini]

@joeqwerty That's a good pointer, better than the answer given here, but I think people are so confused in part because it's common to find this Role is not available to be installed: i.imgur.com/1ODAu49.png

[joeqwerty]

In Windows Server 2003 it's called Terminal Services/Terminal Server. You can install it from Add\Remove Programs, then select Add|Remove Windows Components and select it there. You can also install it from the Manage Your Server tool in Administrative Tools.