To generate the usage report
- In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Remote Access Management.
- Click REPORTING to navigate to Remote Access Reporting in the Remote Access Management Console.
- In the middle pane, click dates in the calendar to select the report duration Start date: and End date:, and then click Generate Report.
What is the use of the remote management console?
- By default on a Remote Access server when the Remote Access role is installed and supports the Remote Management console user interface. - As an option on a server that is not running the Remote Access server role. In this case, it is used for remote management of a Remote Access server.
How do I generate a usage report for remote clients?
To generate a usage report for remote clients, you first enable accounting on the Remote Access server. After you generate the report, you can use the monitoring dashboard that is available in the management console on the Remote Access server to view the load statistics on the server.
How do I configure accounting for remote access reporting?
In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Remote Access Management. Click REPORTING to navigate to Remote Access Reporting in the Remote Access Management Console. Click Configure Accounting in the Remote Access Reporting task pane.
How do I manage remote access in Windows Server 2016?
In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Remote Access Management. Click REPORTING to navigate to Remote Access Reporting in the Remote Access Management Console. Click Remote Client Status to navigate to the remote client activity and status user interface in the Remote Access Management Console.
Where is a remote access server deployed?
The Remote Access server must be a domain member. The server can be deployed at the edge of the internal network, or behind an edge firewall or other device.
What permissions do remote access users need?
Admins who deploy a Remote Access server require local administrator permissions on the server and domain user permissions. In addition, the administrator requires permissions for the GPOs that are used for DirectAccess deployment.
What is DirectAccess configuration?
DirectAccess provides a configuration that supports remote management of DirectAccess clients. You can use a deployment wizard option that limits the creation of policies to only those needed for remote management of client computers.
What is DirectAccess client?
DirectAccess client computers are connected to the intranet whenever they are connected to the Internet, regardless of whether the user has signed in to the computer. They can be managed as intranet resources and kept current with Group Policy changes, operating system updates, antimalware updates, and other organizational changes.
What is DirectAccess Remote Client Management?
The DirectAccess Remote Client Management deployment scenario uses DirectAccess to maintain clients over the Internet. This section explains the scenario, including its phases, roles, features, and links to additional resources.
How many domain controllers are required for remote access?
At least one domain controller. The Remote Access servers and DirectAccess clients must be domain members.
What happens if the network location server is not located on the Remote Access server?
If the network location server is not located on the Remote Access server, a separate server to run it is required.
Question
Is there a way to export the usage report from the "remote access management console"?
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Hi There - you will need to enable Powershell Remote on the DirectAccess Server and run the commands using the -computername (specifying the RemoteAccess Server)
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Hi There - you will need to enable Powershell Remote on the DirectAccess Server and run the commands using the -computername (specifying the RemoteAccess Server)
What is remote access monitoring?
Remote Access monitoring reports remote user activity and status for DirectAccess and VPN connections. It tracks the number and duration of client connections (among other statistics), and monitors the operations status of the server. An easy-to-use monitoring console provides a view of your entire Remote Access infrastructure. Monitoring views are available for single server, cluster, and multisite configurations.
What is direct access connection?
For DirectAccess, a connection is uniquely identified by the IP address of the remote client. For example, if a machine tunnel is open for a client computer, and a user is connected from that computer, these would be using the same connection. In a situation where the user disconnects and connects again while the machine tunnel is still active, it is a single connection.
What is the management console on a remote access server?
You can use the management console on the Remote Access server to monitor remote client activity and status.
How to monitor remote client activity?
To monitor remote client activity and status 1 In Server Manager, click Tools, and then click Remote Access Management. 2 Click REPORTING to navigate to Remote Access Reporting in the Remote Access Management Console. 3 Click Remote Client Status to navigate to the remote client activity and status user interface in the Remote Access Management Console. 4 You will see the list of users who are connected to the Remote Access server and detailed statistics about them. Click the first row in the list that corresponds to a client. When you select a row, the remote user activity is shown in the preview pane.
Description
The Export Reports is a way to execute and export reports through a command line. You can use this feature in a shortcut or in a batch file and use the Windows task scheduler to execute it.
Settings
For Reports containing settings, you will have to start with exporting your report settings to create the *.rdr file that the command line use to generate the reports. Here is a list of reports containing settings:
Does Server 2016 have remote access?
Server 2016 has "Remote Access Management" that does basic reporting on user activity, but offers no export function. We have too many staff to go user-by-user and view their individual activity in the tiny console window.
Does running this manually at the command line return the list of users?
Running this manually at the command line does return the list of users.
Does PowerShell return logs?
PowerShell has some commands that return various subsets of logs, but none (singularly) does what we need.
How to retarget remote access?
You can retarget the Remote Access Management console at any time by highlighting the Configuration node in the navigation pane and then clicking the Manage a Remote Server link in the Tasks pane.
What is remote client status?
The Remote Client Status node in the Remote Access Management console is where administrators will find detailed information about client connectivity. Selecting a connection will provide data about the connection including remote IP addresses, protocols, and ports accessed by the remote client, in addition to detailed connection information such as authentication type, public IP address (if available), connection start time, and data transferred.
What is Operations Status?
The Operations Status node in the Remote Access Management console provides more detailed information regarding the status of crucial VPN services. Here the administrator will find current status and information about service uptime.
What is ramgmtui.exe?
The Remote Access Management console (ramgmtui.exe) will be familiar to DirectAccess administrators and is a better option for viewing VPN client connectivity on the RRAS server. It also offers more detailed information on connectivity status and includes an option to enable historical reporting.
What is rrasmgmt.msc?
After installing the RRAS role, the administrator uses the RRAS management console (rrasmgmt.msc) to perform initial configuration. The RRAS management console can also be used to view client connection status by expanding the server and highlighting Remote Access Clients.
Can you use Remote Access Management Console on multiple VPN servers?
The only real drawback to using the Remote Access Management console is that it supports viewing connections from just one VPN server at a time. If you have multiple RRAS servers deployed, you must retarget the Remote Access Management console each time to view connections on different VPN servers in the organization.
Does RRAS have historical reporting?
In addition, the client connection status does not refresh automatically. Also, the RRAS management console offers no historical reporting capability.