Onscreen Keyboard appears when shadowing session on 2012R2 Remote Desktop Session Host

As the title suggests, whenever I shadow a session on our 2012R2 RDSH server, the onscreen keyboard appears. The taskbar also unlocks.
Both of these behaviours mean that the user can tell when their session is being shadowed, which I don't always want to be the case - sometimes I want to be able to monitor the session without their knowledge.
Anyone know how I can stop this from happening?

Hi,
Thank you for posting in Windows Server Forum.
Yeah, we can use the following command where we can take user shadow session without giving him any notification, and no need to approve by the user.
mstsc.exe /shadow:ID /v:ServerName /control /noConsentPrompt
But for this, we need to set the following group policy:
[Computer Configuration | User Configuration]
\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Connections
Set rules for remote control of Remote Desktop Services user sessions: Enable
Select the option: Full Control without User’s permission
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
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TechNet Community Support

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