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AppStream Windows - Looking for trigger to run Scheduled Task or Screen Lock

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We have a Windows fleet of published Desktop machines and have noticed that the screensaver lock time is never met - no screen lock ever runs on an appstream machine even though we can see the setting is applied in local policy and registry on a user machine.

It also seems that a windows scheduled task will never run on any of these triggers, even when the requirements should have been met: Run task on Idle x Minutes, Run task on user disconnect from local session, Run task on user disconnect from remote session.

I have also not found any event log ID's that seem to correspond with a user disconnecting from their appstream session.

I would like to know how to get the lock screen timeout to work in Appstream. This would be the best way forward from a security point of view but could use a Windows event ID to know if a user has disconnected form their session.

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Amazon AppStream
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rePost-User-1579460
asked 5 months ago201 views
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Amazon AppStream 2.0 has the idle disconnect timeout feature. With this feature, you can automatically disconnect an idle user after a configurable period of time, ensuring your streaming instances are being actively used.

Your user will receive a notification informing them if they are about to be disconnected due to inactivity. If your user reconnects before the separately configurable disconnect timeout period has elapsed, they will be reconnected to the same streaming session they previously had. If your user reconnects after the disconnect timeout has elapsed, or the separately configurable max session duration has elapsed, they will start a new streaming session [1].

To configure the idle disconnect timeout feature for your fleets, see our documentation [2].

Customization configurations are performed on the template user including GPO's, please ensure that the applied policy was done with the template user on the image builder.

References [1] https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/05/amazon-appstream-2-0-adds-configurable-timeouts-for-idle-session/ [2] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/appstream2/latest/developerguide/set-up-stacks-fleets.html#set-up-stacks-fleets-create

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LMarhawu
answered 5 months ago
  • rePost-User-1579460
    5 months ago

    Thanks for commenting but this doesn't answer my questions a provide any new information regarding my issue.

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