Powershell Log Off Remote Session

Question

I am trying to formulate a Powershell command to remotely log off a user. We have a terminal server with a very unstable program that sometimes locks sessions. We have to re

Answer 1

Below script will work well for both active and disconnected sessions as long as user has access to run logoff command remotely. All you have to do is change the servername from "YourServerName" on 4th line.

param (
    $queryResults = $null,
    [string]$UserName = $env:USERNAME,
    [string]$ServerName = "YourServerName"
)


if (Test-Connection $ServerName -Count 1 -Quiet) {  
    Write-Host "`n`n`n$ServerName is online!" -BackgroundColor Green -ForegroundColor Black


    Write-Host ("`nQuerying Server: `"$ServerName`" for disconnected sessions under UserName: `"" + $UserName.ToUpper() + "`"...") -BackgroundColor Gray -ForegroundColor Black

        query user $UserName /server:$ServerName 2>&1 | foreach {  

            if ($_ -match "Active") {
                Write-Host "Active Sessions"
                $queryResults = ("`n$ServerName," + (($_.trim() -replace ' {2,}', ','))) | ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter "," -Header "ServerName","UserName","SessionName","SessionID","CurrentState","IdealTime","LogonTime"


                $queryResults | ft
                Write-Host "Starting logoff procedure..." -BackgroundColor Gray -ForegroundColor Black

                $queryResults | foreach {
                    $Sessionl = $_.SessionID
                    $Serverl = $_.ServerName
                    Write-Host "Logging off"$_.username"from $serverl..." -ForegroundColor black -BackgroundColor Gray
                    sleep 2
                    logoff $Sessionl /server:$Serverl /v

                }


            }                
            elseif ($_ -match "Disc") {
                Write-Host "Disconnected Sessions"
                $queryResults = ("`n$ServerName," + (($_.trim() -replace ' {2,}', ','))) |  ConvertFrom-Csv -Delimiter "," -Header "ServerName","UserName","SessionID","CurrentState","IdealTime","LogonTime"

                $queryResults | ft
                Write-Host "Starting logoff procedure..." -BackgroundColor Gray -ForegroundColor Black

                $queryResults | foreach {
                    $Sessionl = $_.SessionID
                    $Serverl = $_.ServerName
                    Write-Host "Logging off"$_.username"from $serverl..."
                    sleep 2
                    logoff $Sessionl /server:$Serverl /v

                }
            }
            elseif ($_ -match "The RPC server is unavailable") {

                Write-Host "Unable to query the $ServerName, check for firewall settings on $ServerName!" -ForegroundColor White -BackgroundColor Red
            }
            elseif ($_ -match "No User exists for") {Write-Host "No user session exists"}

    }
}
else {

    Write-Host "`n`n`n$ServerName is Offline!" -BackgroundColor red -ForegroundColor white
    Write-Host "Error: Unable to connect to $ServerName!" -BackgroundColor red -ForegroundColor white
    Write-Host "Either the $ServerName is down or check for firewall settings on server $ServerName!" -BackgroundColor Yellow -ForegroundColor black
}





Read-Host "`n`nScript execution finished, press enter to exit!"

Some sample outputs. For active session:

For disconnected sessions:

if no sessions found: Check out this solution as well to query all AD servers for your username and logoff only disconnected sessions. The script will also tell you if there were error connecting or querying the server.

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