Would you like to learn how to use a group policy to display a message to remote desktop users after the login on Windows? In this tutorial, we will show you how to create a group policy to configure a banner message that will be displayed to users after the logon on the domain computers.
• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7
This message will be presented only if the user is using a Remote desktop connection.
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Tutorial GPO – Message for RDP users after login
On the domain controller, open the group policy management tool.
Create a new group policy.
Enter a name for the new group policy.
In our example, the new GPO was named: MY-GPO.
On the Group Policy Management screen, expand the folder named Group Policy Objects.
Right-click your new Group Policy Object and select the Edit option.
On the group policy editor screen, expand the User configuration folder and locate the following item.
Create a scheduled task.
On the General tab, perform the following configuration:
• Action – Create.
• Name – Enter a name to this task.
• Run only when the user is logged on – Yes.
On the Trigger tab, click on the New button and perform the following configuration:
• Begin the task – At log on.
Click on the Ok button.
On the Action tab, click on the New button and perform the following configuration:
• Action – Start a program.
• Program/Script – POWERSHELL
• Add arguments – Enter the Powershell arguments to display a message.
Click on the Ok button.
In our example, we used these Powershell arguments to display the notification.
Here is the alert message that will be presented to the Remote desktop user.
This is an alternate configuration to display the notification message above the clock.
Here is the notification message that will be presented to the Remote desktop user.
On the Common tab, select the Item-level targeting option and click on the Targeting button.
We are going to create a filter to enable this scheduled task only for users connecting through a remote desktop connection.
On the Target screen, access the New item menu and select the Terminal session option.
Perform the following configuration:
• Type of protocol – Remote desktop service.
• Parameter – Client IP address.
• Between – 0.0.0.0 and 0.0.0.0.
Access the Item options menu and select the option Is not.
This rule will apply to all users connected using a Remote desktop connection.
Click on the Ok button.
To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.
Congratulations! You have finished the GPO creation.
Tutorial GPO – Display a text message for RDS users after login
On the Group policy management screen, you need to right-click the Organizational Unit desired and select the option to link an existent GPO.
In our example, we are going to link the group policy named MY-GPO to the root of the domain.
After applying the GPO you need to wait for 10 or 20 minutes.
During this time the GPO will be replicated to other domain controllers.
Access a computer using the remote desktop connection and verify the alert message.
In our example, we add a pop-up message using a GPO.
