Remote Desktop Session time limits

Hi, i have a Terminal Server Farm that hosts a Remoteapp.
I want to terminate sessions if the user has closed the remote app and log them off the server.
I have configured in Group Policy this settings:
Windows Components/Remote Desktop Services/Remote Desktop Session Host/Session Time Limits/
End a disconnected session - 30 minutes
RemoteApp session logoff delay: 30 minutes
Terminate session when time limits are reached - Enabled
However some users don't get disconnected, for example they close the Remoteapp window, the connect to the remoteapp again in a few hours and they still have the same session with the same window
opened.
Am i missing something in my GPO?
Thanks

Hi,
If you only would like to log off a disconnected RemoteApp session, I think this policy below is enough.
Set time limit for logoff of RemoteApp sessions
If you enable this policy setting, when a user closes the last running RemoteApp program associated with a session, the RemoteApp session will remain in a disconnected state until the time
limit that you specify is reached. When the time limit specified is reached, the RemoteApp session will be logged off from the RD Session Host server. If the user starts a RemoteApp program before the time limit is reached, the user will reconnect to the disconnected
session on the RD Session Host server.
However, please note that it requires at least Windows Server 2008.
Hope this helps.
Jeremy Wu
TechNet Community Support

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