The Host Activity sub tab provides a real-time view of Host machines that are involved in active Remote Desktop connections with one or more accounts.
The following information is displayed in the header for each Active Host:
Parameter
Description
Host Name
Host name.
Protocol
Protocol and port used for communication with the Host machine.
Host Address
IP address of the Host machine in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.
Disconnect
Option to terminate one or more services immediately for all accounts connected to this Host.
Note: Terminating the Remote Control service will result in entire Remote Desktop connection being terminated.
Below is a table of fields, values and icons available for each Account User and machine actively connected to this Host:
Parameter
Description
Application
The application (connection mode) being used to access this Host.
Computer symbol
Indicates that Account User has Remote Desktop session (through Web Console) open to this Host .
Master symbol
Indicates that Account User has Connection Window session (through Master) open to this Host.
Account Machine
Name of Account User’s machine being used to access this Host.
Mouse symbol
Indicates that this account has control over keyboard/mouse input for this Host.
Indicates that this account is in view only mode and does not have control over keyboard/mouse input for this Host
Note: The Account User can grab input control by clicking on the mouse icon in the menu bar for the Remote Desktop for this Host.
Account Address
IP address of the Account User’s machine in either IPv4 or IPv6 format.
Protocol
Protocol and port being used for communication by the Account User’s machine.
Account Name
<Domain>\<Username> for the Account User that has logged-in to access this Host.
Services
A series of icons that indicate current status of various services available during an active Remote Desktop connection with this Host.
Mouse symbol
Remote Control service is available for this Host. Account User can view Remote Desktop and exercise keyboard/mouse input control.
Clipboard symbol
Clipboard service is available for this Host. Account User can cut-and-paste content into his/her local clipboard and send to the clipboard on the remote Host machine, or vice versa.
File Transfer symbol
File Transfer service is available for this Host. Account User can drag-and-drop a file, files or directory of files from his/her machine and send to the remote Host machine, or vice versa.
Printer symbol
Remote Printing service is available for this Host. Account User can send a document on the Host machine to a printer attached to the Account User’s local machine.
Remote Management symbol
Remote Management service is available for this Host. Account User can view and in some cases edit information about hardware, software, system settings, resources, services, accounts, processes, registry, events and power settings on the Host machine, without having to turn on RPC to reach it.
Chat symbol
Chat service is available for this Host. Account User can send/receive instant messages to/from this Host (and to/from all other connected Account Users).
Start Time
Date & time when the Remote Desktop connection from this Account User to this Host was started.
