Remote Desktop Services Manager Command Line

From time to time, we cannot RDP into servers because the maximum # of users limit has been reached.
Here is what we do to kill the orphan sessions to make room.

List of Sessions

C:\Users\CyberArkDBA>qwinsta /server:parisdb02p
SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID  STATE   TYPE        DEVICE
services                                    0  Disc
console                                     1  Conn
CyberArkDBA                                 9  Disc
31c5ce94259d4...                        65536  Listen
rdp-tcp                                 65537  Listen

Reset a Session

Look for the ID that you want to reset. In this case, it is ID #9.

C:\Users\CyberArkDBA>rwinsta 9 /server:parisdb02p /V

List of Sessions again

C:\Users\CyberArkDBA>qwinsta /server:parisdb02p
SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID  STATE   TYPE        DEVICE
services                                    0  Disc
console                                     1  Conn
31c5ce94259d4...                        65536  Listen
rdp-tcp                                 65537  Listen