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What exactly is the console session in RDP?

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Mar 15, 202671497 views
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I can't get a good definition of the difference between a normal RDP session and the ( in Windows 2008 and later) session. What can I do in console that I can't do in a regular session?

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/console

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The console session is what you see when you look at a monitor that’s plugged into the server. Normally with RDP you get your own session that is not the same as what’s shown on the server’s own monitor. A typical example might be a backup applicati…

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