Concurrent Sessions, Vista, and Logo Requirements.

[Guest]

Everyone has uncategorically denied that Vista will have the functionality if
Concurrent Sessions. I found it very curious that I found the below in a
Microsoft document, specifically, Requirements for the Windows Vista Logo
Program for Software.

Find Section 1.8 below:

1.8 Support Concurrent User Sessions

Criteria
• If an application does not support running in multiple user logon
sessions, it must alert the user of this fact before failing and write a
message to the NT event log. This includes user sessions created using
Remote Desktop Connection.
• Applications must allow multiple sessions unless prevented by architecture
issues. If an application does not support this scenario, the user must be
alerted upon failure. Additionally, applications that rely on 3D graphics
are not required to work over a Remote Desktop Connection, but the user must
be alerted upon failure.
• Applications must correctly check for multiple application sessions. If
multiple application sessions are unsupported, the application must check
both user session and task information. This will avoid the blocking of
application use in concurrent user sessions.
• Sound from an application in one user session must not be heard when
another user is active in the current session.
• Applications must support fast user switching

Rationale
Windows users should be able to run concurrent sessions without conflict or
disruption.


Anyone changing their viewpoint considering the above?

Aaron

 

[Guest]

I believe the Concurrent sessions is for RDP connections only, and I think
the "multiple application sessions" refers to machines where multiple users
(i.e. family computers) may be logged on all at one time.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Does fast user switching figure in here, Tom?

 

[Rick Rogers]

Absolutely, Colin. The application must support being stored "in stasis" in
memory for the inactive user(s) as well as the active one. That is what that
documentation is all about. OP is confusing concurrent active user sessions
with concurrent occurences of an application. And actually, with the
application running entirely within the user environment, I understand that
for the program writers this requirement is much easier to implement.

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Best of Luck,

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