Limit Concurrent Logons
Since Desktop Authority executes during the logon process, which is before the user has control of their desktop, you have the ability to forcibly log off the user if you detect they have logged on too many times.
To Limit Concurrent Logons, you must:
- Share each user’s home directory.
- Configure user logon maximums.
Since the Concurrent User Limit is applied individually to each user's share, you can configure your users to have different concurrent logon maximums while other users (such as Administrators) have no limit. This is done by setting the maximum number of connections in the properties dialog box for the share of the individual’s user folder.
Figure 18: Set the maximum number of logons allowed by setting allowed user logons
Provide a drive mapping in Desktop Authority.
Using the Drive Mappings object within the Manager, map a drive to each user’s Home Directory.
Example:
Map drive H: to the shared folder \\$HomeServer\$HomeDir\
Set the concurrent logons limit.
Tell Desktop Authority what drive letter you are mapping to the user’s share. Do this by selecting the Limit concurrent logons by monitoring the share mapped using drive check box on the General object.
Figure 19: Set the drive to monitor for concurrent logons
Once configured, Desktop Authority will immediately log off any user that attempts to concurrently log on more times than they are allowed.