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IVMGuestOS::MultipleUserSessionsAllowed property

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[Windows Virtual PC is no longer available for use as of Windows 8. Instead, use the Hyper-V WMI provider (V2).]

Determines whether multiple simultaneous user sessions are allowed in the guest operating system.

This property is read-only.

Syntax

HRESULT get_MultipleUserSessionsAllowed(
  [out, retval] VARIANT_BOOL *sessionStatus
);

Property value

VARIANT_TRUE if multiple simultaneous user sessions are allowed in the guest operating system, VARIANT_FALSE otherwise.

Error codes

Name/value Meaning
S_OK
0
 The operation was successful.
S_FALSE
1
 Remote Desktop Services (formerly known as Terminal Services) is not yet initialized in the guest operating system.
E_POINTER
0x80004003
 The sessionStatus parameter is NULL.
VM_E_VM_NOT_RUNNING
0xA0040206
 The virtual machine is not running.
VM_E_ADDITIONS_FEATURE_NOT_AVAIL
0xA0040505
 Integration components are not installed in this virtual machine.
DISP_E_EXCEPTION
0x80020009
 An unexpected error has occurred.

Remarks

The value of this property is not valid unless the TerminalServicesInitialized property is VARIANT_TRUE.

For Windows client operating systems, MultipleUserSessionsAllowed is VARIANT_TRUE if Fast User Switching is supported. For Windows Server operating systems, MultipleUserSessionsAllowed is VARIANT_TRUE if Remote Desktop Services (formerly called Terminal Services) is installed and enabled.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client
 Windows 7 [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server
 None supported
End of client support
 Windows 7
IDL
IVMGuestOS.idl
IID
 IID_IVMGuestOS is defined as 99fea0db-4880-499a-b6d8-73dff9bc91be

See also

IVMGuestOS