Shutdown Windows When Remote Desktop Connection Closes

Question

I am trying to build a "desktop in the cloud" using the Apache Guacamole service and Google Cloud VMs. I have accepted that I can not boot a VM on a RDP connection, but I am wondering if there is a way to shut down a machine on RDP disconnect.

I have a Windows Datacenter VM hosted as my "desktop" and Apache Guacamole hosted on another server to RDP into the desktop. To save money I would like to shut down the VM when I disconnect. Basically, when I terminate the RDP connection can I detect that and trigger shutdown?

I am not averse to writing bash or python scripts to accomplish this task, but I need some direction.

Thanks, Owen

I know Windows Scheduled tasks can be triggered by **On Disconnect from user Session**. — Squashman, Nov 13 '18 at 22:43

Owen Schwartz · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-15T00:07:25.947

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As per Squashman's recommendation:

I created a task in the Task Scheduler that is triggered by a disconnect from the user and had it run a bash script to shutdown the machine.

Thank you!

Script:

SHUTDOWN /p

edited Nov 15 '18 at 00:07

answered Nov 13 '18 at 23:23

Owen Schwartz

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Why a `bash` script? You could just have it execute `shutdown.exe`. – Squashman Nov 13 '18 at 23:26
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Please post the script that you created. – John Hanley Nov 14 '18 at 01:18

Shutdown Windows When Remote Desktop Connection Closes

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