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I just read in this week’s Windows IT Pro Windows Tips and Tricks Update<\/a> about a couple of little-known tools from Microsoft which could potentially make life easier for many Active Directory (AD) administrators.<\/p>\n

The remote control add-on for Active Directory users and computers<\/a> (rcontrolad.exe<\/code>) is a small add-on that provides an administrator with the option to right-click a computer account in the AD Users and Computers console and opening a terminal services\/remote desktop connection to that computer. Remote control relies on the remote desktop connection software within Windows. Further information can be found at Windows IT Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The limit logon tool (details at Windows IT Pro<\/a>) can be used to limit the number of concurrent sessions which a user can maintain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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