Playing RDP packet streams

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Hello,

I am looking for a way to record and play RDP sessions.

I wonder of someone knows methods of rendering RDP protocol stream
into the screen.

For example, in Vista Microsoft provides the RDPViewer COM Object
(used by Windows Desktop Sharing API) which renders RDP into the
screen, however it requires actual TCP connection to the server and it
does not accepts RDP packet streams.

I know that there are some products that do so (like RecordTS), but I
wonder if a simple functionality can be provided by Microsoft SDKs.

Regards,
momo
 
Re: Playing RDP packet streams

You mean this: http://www.tsfactory.com/pages/1/HOME/

Jeff Pitsch
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services


<yairinbal@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2359d944-e22b-43c1-94b1-99309694a9db@m3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for a way to record and play RDP sessions.
>
> I wonder of someone knows methods of rendering RDP protocol stream
> into the screen.
>
> For example, in Vista Microsoft provides the RDPViewer COM Object
> (used by Windows Desktop Sharing API) which renders RDP into the
> screen, however it requires actual TCP connection to the server and it
> does not accepts RDP packet streams.
>
> I know that there are some products that do so (like RecordTS), but I
> wonder if a simple functionality can be provided by Microsoft SDKs.
>
> Regards,
> momo
 
Re: Playing RDP packet streams

Are you the develop or work for the company Daniel? I had never heard of
the product before and it sounds pretty good. Any chance of getting an NFR
to play with?

--
Jeff Pitsch
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services

"danielp" <danielp.3drppm@news.home.local> wrote in message
news:danielp.3drppm@news.home.local...
>
> Hi yarinbal,
>
> I would suggest that you look into ObserveIT ('Record Terminal
> Sessions, RDP, Citrix and Window Console Sessions - ObserveIT People
> Audit' (http://www.observeit-sys.com)). ObserveIT is a software that
> allows monitoring and auditing of any user session that is created on
> servers or workstations, either by logging to the console of the server,
> or on a TS/RDP and Citrix sessions.
>
> While not strictly confined to RDP (like the tool Jeff pointed out in
> his post), ObserveIT will do much more than just record the visual
> screens. It indexes all the screenshots and adds metadata containing
> information about each separate screenshot. This allows for easy textual
> searches through the database. With this capability, ObserveIT acts not
> just like a "security camera", in other words - producing a long movie
> which you need to manually view in order to determine what, if at all,
> was done on the server/workstation. ObserveIT, by using the captured
> metadata, provides you with the ability to quickly read through a
> textual transcript of what was done on the machine, and thus, in a
> matter of seconds, you can decide if you need to watch the entire
> recorded session, start it at a specific point in time when the action
> was performed, or continue to the next session.
>
> I would be more than happy to assist you with any other questions you
> may have.
>
>
> --
> danielp
> Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway
>
 
Re: Playing RDP packet streams

> I am looking for a way to record and play RDP sessions.
> I wonder of someone knows methods of rendering RDP protocol stream
> into the screen.

There are no SDKs or other publicly available developer tools for
this.

But feel free to contact me directly if you're interested in this
functionality. There is a good change that we'll release an SDK soon.

--
Sincerely,
Eugene Sukhodolin
CTO, TSFactory Inc.
http://www.tsfactory.com
 
Re: Playing RDP packet streams

Hi Jeff,

Sorry for not writing with my Connect profile, I was on a different
computer. Sure, I have offered an NFR license for MVPs, and I would be more
than happy to get you one. Just contact me (manual editing of this address is
required): danielp at observeit-sys dot com, or through my website.

And not just you, any person needing assistance or seeking more information
can freely contact me, I would be happy to assist.

--
Cheers,

Daniel Petri
www.petri.co.il

How to ask a question:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

(This post is provided as-is with no warranties, expressed or otherwise,
etc.)


"Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

> Are you the develop or work for the company Daniel? I had never heard of
> the product before and it sounds pretty good. Any chance of getting an NFR
> to play with?
>
> --
> Jeff Pitsch
> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Services
>
> "danielp" <danielp.3drppm@news.home.local> wrote in message
> news:danielp.3drppm@news.home.local...
> >
> > Hi yarinbal,
> >
> > I would suggest that you look into ObserveIT ('Record Terminal
> > Sessions, RDP, Citrix and Window Console Sessions - ObserveIT People
> > Audit' (http://www.observeit-sys.com)). ObserveIT is a software that
> > allows monitoring and auditing of any user session that is created on
> > servers or workstations, either by logging to the console of the server,
> > or on a TS/RDP and Citrix sessions.
> >
> > While not strictly confined to RDP (like the tool Jeff pointed out in
> > his post), ObserveIT will do much more than just record the visual
> > screens. It indexes all the screenshots and adds metadata containing
> > information about each separate screenshot. This allows for easy textual
> > searches through the database. With this capability, ObserveIT acts not
> > just like a "security camera", in other words - producing a long movie
> > which you need to manually view in order to determine what, if at all,
> > was done on the server/workstation. ObserveIT, by using the captured
> > metadata, provides you with the ability to quickly read through a
> > textual transcript of what was done on the machine, and thus, in a
> > matter of seconds, you can decide if you need to watch the entire
> > recorded session, start it at a specific point in time when the action
> > was performed, or continue to the next session.
> >
> > I would be more than happy to assist you with any other questions you
> > may have.
> >
> >
> > --
> > danielp
> > Posted via http://ms-os.com Forum to Usenet gateway
> >
>
>
>
 
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