
You cannot use the tsadmin.msc graphical snap-in from Windows Server 2008 R2 for shadow connections to RDP sessions on newer versions of Windows Server. Administrators can delegate RDS Shadowing permissions to any user account, even for non-admins (more on this below). In addition, it is not necessary to have administrator privileges on the RDS host on this the user’s RDP session is running.
Shadow sessions can be used to connect to user sessions on computers and servers in both an Active Directory domain and a workgroup.
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The user name and password are requested to connect to the remote computer.
/prompt – allows to connect with other credentials. /noConsentPrompt – the option allows the administrator to force the connection to any session without asking the user to confirm the connection. If this parameter is not set, the user’s session view mode is used The administrator can control the user’s mouse, input data from the keyboard. /control – allows to interact with the user session (desktop). If not set, connections are made to local user sessions on the current host /v:servername – you can specify the hostname or IP address of the remote RDP/RDS host. /shadow:ID – connect to the user’s RDP session with the specified ID. On Windows Server 2016/Windows 10, the built-in RDP client ( mstsc.exe) has several special options that can be used to remotely shadow connect to an active RDP session of any user: Shadow Connection Options in the Windows RDP Client (mstsc.exe) How-to Allow Non-admin Users to Shadow RDS Sessions?. Configuring RDS Shadow Rules on Windows Using GPO. Using Remote Desktop Shadow from the Windows GUI. Shadow Connection Options in the Windows RDP Client (mstsc.exe).