Version 5.0 of the Remote Desktop Commander Suite introduces a new dashboard and report that tracks terminal server CPU usage by application. Whether you run Remote Desktop Services (RDS), Citrix, or Windows Virtual Desktop, figuring out which programs are taxing processor time the most is only a single click away.

Using the CPU Use By Application Dashboard To Track CPU Usage by Remote Desktop Services Programs

First, make sure you have deployed the Remote Desktop Commander agent to each of your remote desktop servers, Citrix hosts, or WVD hosts. Once agents have been deployed and are collecting data, go to the Reports and Dashboards menu, and select the CPU Use By Application Dashboard.

Choose the time frame you want to evaluate. Quickly, the Remote Desktop Commander Suite calculates the CPU usage per remote desktop application, and sorts programs by greatest to least usage.

If you want to dive into the user session where the application was running, highlight the process name, and click “Open Selected Session.” That recorded remote desktop services session will then be displayed, and you can see all the activity and performance impact of all processes in that user session.

Using the CPU Use By Application Report To Keep an Eye on Programs That Regularly Tax the CPU on Remote Desktop Session Hosts

• From within the CPU Use by Application Dashboard, you can click the small Report (Printer) icon to immediately generate an instant report of what is currently displayed in that dashboard.
• OR, you can click “Run Reports” from the Reports and Dashboards Menu, select the Performance reporting category, and then select the Performance (Agent Required) – CPU Use By Application report from the list. Running a report this way allows you to further filter out terminal server CPU usage by things like Remote Desktop Session Host name, user or Active Directory group name, or even process name.
• Similarly, in the “Run Reports” menu, you can schedule a daily instance of this report so you can track which programs are impacting CPU resources the most on your WVD, Citrix, or RDS hosts.

Of course, you can also profile memory and CPU usage by terminal server session in the Remote Desktop Commander Suite, and you can find out which applications use the most memory on a regular basis, via other dashboards and reports.

What are you waiting for? Sign up today for a monthly subscription to the Remote Desktop Commander Suite at only $9.99 per terminal server monitored per month.

Or, learn more about our Complete Monitoring and Management Bundle for RDS/WVD, where you can have access to all three of our RDS monitoring and management tools for only $16.99 per terminal server per month.