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Lesson 3: Monitoring Network Users
Lesson 3 Monitoring Network Users
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You can use Computer Management to monitor the users who are currently accessing
shared folder resources on a server from a remote computer, and you can also view the
resources to which the users have connections. You can disconnect users and send
administrative messages to computers and users, including those not currently accessing
network resources.
After this lesson, you will be able to
■ Monitor user sessions
■ Disconnect a specific user from his or her network connection
■ Send administrative messages to users
Estimated lesson time: 20 minutes
How to Monitor User Sessions
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You can use Computer Management to view the users who have a connection to open
files on a server and the files to which they have a connection. This information
enables you to determine which users you should contact when you need to stop sharing
a folder or shut down the server on which the shared folder resides. You can disconnect
one or more users to free idle connections to the shared folder, to prepare for
a backup or restore operation, to shut down a server, or to change group membership
and permissions for the shared folder.
You use the Sessions folder in the Computer Management window to view a list of
the users with a current network connection to the computer that you are monitoring
(see Figure 17-2).
Figure 17-2 Use the Sessions folder to see a list of users with a current network connection to the
computer.
Table 17-5 describes the information that is available in the Sessions folder.