Many sessions from one user

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Tomek Marcinowski

Is there any way to allow one user to establish many sessions from one host?

Our environment is made of a few Windows 2008 TS servers grouped in a farm. Users log on using smartcards. To allow them use an applications which does not run on Windows 2008 we deployed Windows 2003 with 2X. We would like to have SSO or some quasi-SSO when users a access this application from their RDP sessions.

But if we enable SSO in 2X Client it breaks the TS SSO. So we created an user in AD and used it in connection properties in 2X Client. But now if a few users log on to one TS server they all are reconnected to one session on 2X server. Below is an entry from 2X log file. If we limit users (in TS Configuration on 2X server) to only one session current user is disconnected and a new one is reconnected to old session and can use the software. But if we uncheck this limitation a session established by a new user is somehow connected to old one. And only an old user can use the software, the new one sees nothing.

Resource LB User 'tsuser_2x' Server 'localhost' Session state: 6 - Reconnected to an Active Session (Username Match)
 
SSO is designed for client OSes not Server OSes.
As you have noticed yourself two SSO technologies collide.

If you use the same username for different users to obtain the session then they will contend for active sessions.

Iss it not possible to publish all through the AS and move the session straight to the Client.

Like that you should have SSO and all.
I see no reason for having the 2X client in a TS.
 
To run on Windows 2008 an application that natively does not run on that system.
 
Add the 2003 Server to the AS and publish to the end users.
Why would you need it in the TS? Push it straight to the client it's a TS session anyway.

Otherwise if you deem it necessary to have the SSO installed on a TS I am afraid it does not work well.
 
Users have no access to local desktop, they work only in remote session.
 
Disable SSO and get them to save username and password on the client.
No sharing of the desktops and each user has his 2xclient settings.. shoudl avoid the grief.

could this work ?
 
Smart card redirection can be enabled on the user 2x Client and on the 2003 terminal server.
Why not ?
 
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