How to Use Remote Desktop Logs in Logs - AnySecura Manual
This guide will help you understand how to use AnySecura's remote desktop logs to gain visibility into user activity. You'll learn how to enable this powerful logging feature and what permissions are required to access the data.
Once configured, you'll be able to navigate to the dedicated log viewer and interpret the detailed records. This includes understanding connection events, file operations, and other critical actions taken during remote sessions.
Remote desktop logs record client operations connecting to remote desktops. By reviewing these logs, administrators can monitor users' remote activities. Remote desktop logging is disabled by default and must be enabled via "Policy → Logging".
Administrators must have the permission "Tools → Account → Permissions → Logs → Remote Desktop Logs" to view client remote desktop logs.
Select the menu "Logs → Remote Desktop" to view remote operation logs. The logged content includes:
| Attribute Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Operation Type | Includes: Connect, Disconnect, Remote Create, Remote Access, Remote Copy to Local, Local Copy to Remote, Remote Copy to Mapped Drive, Remote Modify, Remote Rename, Remote Delete. |
| IP Address | The network address of the host the client connected to via remote desktop. |
| Remote Host | The IP and computer name of the host the client connected to via remote desktop. |
| Source File | Name of the document involved in the remote operation. |
| File Type | Type of the document involved in the remote operation. |
| File Size | Size of the document involved in the remote operation. |
| Path | Detailed path of the document involved in the remote operation. |
| Application | Process name of the application used for the remote operation on the document. |
| Title | Window title when the document was operated remotely. |
Remote Operation Type Attribute Description:
| Type Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Connect | Records the client connecting to a host via remote desktop. |
| Disconnect | Records the client disconnecting from a host via remote desktop. |
| Remote Create | Records the creation of a document on the local client via disk mapping from the remote desktop. |
| Remote Access | Records accessing a document on the local client via disk mapping from the remote desktop. |
| Copy From Remote to Local | Records copying or cutting a document from the remote desktop directly to the local client. |
| Copy From Local to Remote | Records copying or cutting a document from the local client directly to the remote desktop. |
| Copy From Remote to Mapped Drive | Records copying or cutting a document to the local client via disk mapping from the remote desktop. |
| Modify Remotely | Records modifications made to a document on the local client via disk mapping from the remote desktop. |
| Rename Remotely | Records renaming a document on the local client via disk mapping from the remote desktop. |
| Delete Remotely | Records deleting a document on the local client via disk mapping from the remote desktop. |