Qual é o significado da opção / admin no mstsc.exe?

Question

Quais benefícios / riscos a opção / admin para mstsc.exe confere? Como isso é diferente de fazer login com uma conta de administrador, sem a opção?

    

Answer 1

A (obsoleta) mudança do MSTSC /console agora é chamado de / admin switch :

In both Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008, the Remote Desktop Program has been updated to version 6.1 (6.0.6001) and one of the changes is that the functionality previously associated with the /console switch is now called the /admin switch.

Ao usá-lo, você está se conectando à sessão do console no servidor.

    

Answer 2

Do link

When you connect to a server that does not have Terminal Server installed.

If a member of the Administrators group starts a Remote Desktop session to a Windows Server 2008-based server that does not have the Terminal Server role service installed, the following conditions are true for the remote administration session:

• Time zone redirection is disabled.
• Terminal Services Session Broker
• (TS Session Broker) redirection is disabled.
• Plug and Play device redirection is disabled.
• The remote session theme is changed to Windows Classic.
• Terminal Services Easy Print is disabled.

When you connect to a server that has Terminal Server installed

If a member of the Administrators group starts a Remote Desktop session to a Windows Server 2008-based server that has the Terminal Server role service installed, they must use the /admin switch to connect to a session to remotely administer the server. The following conditions are true for the session:

• You do not have to have a TS CAL to remotely administer a terminal server.
• Time zone redirection is disabled.
• Terminal Services Session Broker redirection is disabled.
• Plug and Play device redirection is disabled.
• The remote session theme is changed to Windows Classic.
• Terminal Services Easy Print is disabled.

    

Answer 3

Na verdade, é um pouco mais complexo do que apenas substituir o console. Confira o link para obter mais informações. / console é projetado para conectar você à sessão 0, mas a sessão 0 não é mais usada da mesma forma e não é mais necessária.