MS RDS Cheatsheet PowerShell

[daniele]

PRE-REQUISITE: the remotedesktop PowerShell module
Many commands described here are part of the PowerShell remotedesktop module.
So, firstly, you have to import the 'remotedesktop' module

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Import-Module remotedesktop

Than, you can have a look at all of them (70+) simply giving this command:

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Get-Command -Module remotedesktop

Lastly, if you need to get help on them, use this command:

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Get-Help <command>

example:

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Get-Help Invoke-RDUserLogoff

Lastly, remember that the Get-Help has 5 level of details
BASIC LEVEL OF DETAILS: Get-Help <command> with no other parameters
EXAMPLE: Get-Help <command> -Examples
DETAILED LEVEL OF DETAILS: Get-Help <command> -Detailed
FULL LEVEL OF DETAILS: Get-Help <command> -Full
ONLINE PAGE: Get-Help <command> -Online - this will open a web page from Microsoft website

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Ends a user session and closes all running applications

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Invoke-RDUserLogoff

HINT: You should use the -force parameter if you need to close the user's session without asking for confirmation

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Disconnect a specified user from a session that runs on the remote server
All applications continue to run.

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Disconnect-RDUser