Can we restrcit user to login if the user's session is already active / exist with Win 10 Multisession in AVD Platform?

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Can we restrcit user to login if the user's session is already active / exist with Win 10 Multisession in AVD Platform?

Kishore Kannan 26

Hi Team ,

There is a requirement from customer that , if the user session already exist or active in AVD , the same user should not allow to login from different PC and it should pop up that the user session is already active.

Current scenario is that , when the same user login 2nd time by mistaken the existing session kicked off automatically and its expected behavior to resume the same session back, however the customer requirement to share the same login for different users to work on the shifts and the existing session should not be kick off if that is already active or left idle / disconnected state.

Is it possible to prompt pop up saying that the user session is already in use or active in AVD platform?

Please advise.

Regards,
Kishore K

KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 20,772 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-01-11T07:12:03.143+00:00

Thanks for posting your query.
As per my understanding, there is no configuration option to change the current behavior.
If the same user logs in from a different device, it would take over the existing session.

Is there a reason you do not want to use individual user accounts per worker?
Kishore Kannan 26 Reputation points

2022-01-11T07:41:18.917+00:00

Dear Karish,

Thanks for your quick response much appreciated.

Yes, we proposed to use individual user accounts per worker but due to some budget E5 license constraints they want to share the generic users accounts across the shifts users to save some cost. Because they are not using any O365 suits and they procure per user E5 license just for this AVD solution. Also, they doing some video capturing and so afraid if it impact if the session kicked off to resume it back at different systems.

That's the reason they looking for some option to prompt if active's user session exist.

I agree that, its a default behavior by design of multisession platform and can we propose with Microsoft with some enhancement / improvement to add it near feature with this AVD solution? Please advise.

Thanks again for your valuable help.

Regards,
Kishore K

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KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 20,772 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator

2022-01-11T07:12:03.143+00:00

Thanks for posting your query.
As per my understanding, there is no configuration option to change the current behavior.
If the same user logs in from a different device, it would take over the existing session.

Is there a reason you do not want to use individual user accounts per worker?
Kishore Kannan 26 Reputation points

2022-01-11T07:41:18.917+00:00

Dear Karish,

Thanks for your quick response much appreciated.

Yes, we proposed to use individual user accounts per worker but due to some budget E5 license constraints they want to share the generic users accounts across the shifts users to save some cost. Because they are not using any O365 suits and they procure per user E5 license just for this AVD solution. Also, they doing some video capturing and so afraid if it impact if the session kicked off to resume it back at different systems.

That's the reason they looking for some option to prompt if active's user session exist.

I agree that, its a default behavior by design of multisession platform and can we propose with Microsoft with some enhancement / improvement to add it near feature with this AVD solution? Please advise.

Thanks again for your valuable help.

Regards,
Kishore K

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KarishmaTiwari-MSFT 20,772 Microsoft Employee Moderator

Thanks for sharing the details.

I would recommend connecting with your Microsoft (MS) Account team to find another license option. e.g. E5 is not needed to use AVD.
A Windows E3 or even a VDA per user might be a more economical option compared to E5 (assuming that you are not using any other E5 features).
You can take a look here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-desktop/overview#requirements

I checked with the Product team, currently they don't have any plans to change this behavior, but you can always submit this as a feature idea here:
Azure Virtual Desktop Feedback - Microsoft Tech Community
Or you can share it with your MS account team and they can submit this internally as a feature request.

Hope this helps.

Kishore Kannan 26 Reputation points

2022-01-11T12:29:26.52+00:00

Thanks Karish for the update. I just checked that they procured E5 for AVD along with Windows Defender solution.

Thanks again for all your updates so far and its been really helpful to confirm back with my team.

Regards,
Kishore K

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