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Server Administrator Tip: Find Out Who Is Logged Into A Server And Kick Them Off

If you remote onto a Windows server with any kind of regularity, you will probably have come across a scenario where the number of concurrent connections has reached the limit or you have users logged in and you don’t know who the hell they are…

I found today using the wonderful power of Google that there is a command to look and see who is logged in.
From DOS Command Line type in:

query session /server:YOURSERVERNAME

YOURSERVERNAME Denotes your servers actual name.

If you want to boot any of the users off use this Command Line gem.

rwinsta /server:YOURSERVERNAME 1

YOURSERVERNAME Denotes your servers actual name. And 1 is the user ID.

No more getting up and running to the physical server to login to remote desktop and its also an easy way to check who is logged in for server reboots.
Enjoy

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New Project: Adding Microwave Links Between Agencies

I was asked today to join a joint technical committee that is tasked with gathering the technical specs and implementing a microwave link between Salt Lake City Public Safety, the Salt Lake County Emergency Operations Center and Valley Emergency Communications Center.

The plan is to put up redundant microwave links that will support 18 GB microwave connections so that we can route phones or data to any of the locations. I think it’s going to be an exciting project.

At VECC it’s going to require adding redundancy that includes two Cisco Switches, two Cisco routers, two Cisco ASA firewalls.  It will require us to integrate them into our network so that it can connect to Qwest/Century Links phone network as well as VECC’s internal networks.  This project will make 911 and Public Safety Dispatch and communications safer and more reliable.

I am excited to gain more experience using my Cisco skills.