Ways to check if user is active on remote machine before RDP'ing

We can use qwinsta to Query WINdows STAtion and get a list of all active sessions.

State column shows if a user is active or not. This do require admin access on the target machine.

Got it on TechTalkz: How to View / Disconnect Remote Desktop Sessions from Commandline

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Similar to the accepted answer you can also use Query.exe like this:

quser /server:<COMPUTERNAME>

This will result ins the following:

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