Session limits policy settings
The Session Limits section includes policy settings that control how long sessions remain connected before they are forced to log off.
Important:
- The settings described in this article do not apply to machines running multi-session VDAs. For more information about configuring session time limits for machines running multi-session VDAs, see Microsoft KB - Session Time Limits.
- Starting from Windows Server 2012, the term Terminal Services mentioned in the Microsoft KB - Session Time Limits refers to Remote Desktop Service.
Disconnected session timer
This setting enables or disables:
- A timer that specifies how long a disconnected, locked desktop remains locked before the session is logged off.
If this timer is enabled, the disconnected session is logged off when the timer expires.
By default, disconnected sessions are not logged off.
Remote PC Access disconnected session timer
This setting enables or disables a timer that logs off a disconnected user session after the timer expires. If you enable this setting, use the Disconnected session timer interval setting to specify how many minutes a disconnected desktop can remain locked before the user session is logged off.
By default, this setting is disabled.
Disconnected session timer interval
This setting specifies how many minutes a disconnected, locked desktop can remain locked before the session is logged off.
By default, the time period is 1,440 minutes (24 hours).
Session connection timer
This setting enables or disables a timer that specifies the maximum duration of an uninterrupted connection between a user device and a desktop. If this timer is enabled, the session is disconnected or logged off when the timer expires. The Microsoft End session when time limits are reached setting determines the next state for the session.
By default, this timer is disabled.
Session connection timer interval
This setting specifies the maximum number of minutes for an uninterrupted connection between a user device and a desktop.
By default, the maximum duration is 1,440 minutes (24 hours).
Session idle timer
When a user supplies no input, this setting is used to enable or disable:
- A timer that specifies how long an uninterrupted user device connection to a desktop is maintained.
When this timer expires, the session is placed in the disconnected state and the Disconnected session timer applies. If the Disconnected session timer is disabled, the session is not logged off.
By default, this timer is enabled.
Session idle timer interval
When there is no input from the user, this setting is used to specify:
- The number of minutes for which an uninterrupted user device connection to a desktop is maintained.
By default, idle connections are maintained for 1,440 minutes (24 hours).
Note:
Starting with the 2203 LTSR CU2 release, you can configure the following session time limits settings for machines running multi-session VDAs.
Disconnected session timer – Multi-session
This setting enables or disables a timer to determine how long a disconnected RDS session can persist before the session logs off. By default, this timer is disabled and disconnected sessions are not logged off.
Disconnected session timer interval – Multi-session
This setting determines how many minutes, a disconnected RDS session can persist before the session is logged off. By default, the time period is 1440 minutes (24 hours).
Session connection timer – Multi-session
This setting enables or disables a timer that specifies the maximum duration of an uninterrupted connection between a user device and a terminal server. By default, this timer is disabled.
Session connection timer interval – Multi-session
This setting specifies the maximum number of minutes for an uninterrupted connection between a user-device and an RDS session. By default, the maximum duration is 1440 minutes (24 hours).
Session idle timer – Multi-session
This setting enables or disables a timer to determine the maximum duration of an idle connection between a user device and a terminal server. By default, this timer is disabled.
Session idle timer interval– Multi-session
This setting specifies how many minutes an idle connection between a user device and an RDS session. By default, the maximum duration is 1440 minutes (24 hours).
Note:
Timer settings for multi-session machines configured using Citrix policies are expected to override timer settings configured through Microsoft Group Policies. To avoid unexpected behavior, we recommend you configure timer settings using one of the two methods.
In this article
- Disconnected session timer
- Remote PC Access disconnected session timer
- Disconnected session timer interval
- Session connection timer
- Session connection timer interval
- Session idle timer
- Session idle timer interval
- Disconnected session timer – Multi-session
- Disconnected session timer interval – Multi-session
- Session connection timer – Multi-session
- Session connection timer interval – Multi-session
- Session idle timer – Multi-session
- Session idle timer interval– Multi-session