http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspxWhen a terminal server needs maintenance, the administrator may want to prevent users from logging onto a server which is about to be taken offline. In Windows Server 2003 there was a command-line tool to disable all remote connections; however, thisen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#3328630Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:29:47 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3328630Jason Conger Blog » Blog Archive » Terminal Services Server Drain Mode<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://blogs.msterminalservices.org/conger/2007/06/15/terminal-services-server-drain-mode/">http://blogs.msterminalservices.org/conger/2007/06/15/terminal-services-server-drain-mode/</a></p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#3335061Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:37:21 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3335061Windows 64bit, Terminal Services, Citrix, Thin Client, VMware / VirtualPC / VDI<p>When a terminal server needs maintenance, the administrator may want to prevent users from logging onto</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#3591181Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:05:17 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3591181Charles Aunger - Windows 64bit, Terminal Services, Citrix, Thin<p>When a terminal server needs maintenance, the administrator may want to prevent users from logging onto</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#3600168Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:41:24 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3600168Charles Aunger - Windows 64bit, Terminal Services, Citrix, Virtualization, Thin, Infrastructure <p>When a terminal server needs maintenance, the administrator may want to prevent users from logging onto</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#4152766Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:06:09 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:4152766Dan Ridley<p>Is it actually useful to post screenshots showing the failure of a command to run because the server doesn't have the appropriate role installed? Why not just tell us the command and skip the pointless screen shot?</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#8903443Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:29:43 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8903443Prasanna Padmanabhan<p>Is there a WTSxxx API for putting a server in drain mode?</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#8903444Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:29:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:8903444Prasanna Padmanabhan<p>Is there a WTSxxx API for putting a server in drain mode?</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#9894386Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:05:17 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9894386Exchanger Ranger<p>This has changed in RDS, my server keeps going into drain mode after a reboot and the only way to fix it is the cmd. I am unable to find the UI settings for drain mode.</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/rds/archive/2007/06/15/introducing-terminal-services-server-drain-mode.aspx#9894435Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:37:03 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9894435Olga<p>look at RD Session Host Configuration mmc (tsconfig.msc) UI and it's in the lower portion of the mmc under general settings (user logon mode).</p>