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Get-RDVirtualDesktopIdleCount

Gets the number of idle virtual desktops on hosts.

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Microsoft RemoteDesktop reference: Gets the number of idle virtual desktops on hosts. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.

Get-RDVirtualDesktopIdleCount [[-HostServer] <String[]>] [-ConnectionBroker <String>] [-BatchSize <Int32>]
 [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Get-RDVirtualDesktopIdleCount. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / RemoteDesktop · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-BatchSize: Specifies the batch size.
-ConnectionBroker: Specifies the Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker) server for a remote desktop deployment. If you do not specify a value, the cmdlet uses the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the local computer.
-HostServer: Specifies an array of names of the servers that host the session. For session collections the host server has the name of the Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server. For virtual desktop collections the host server has the name of the Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RD Virtualization Host) server.

Prerequisites

Windows with the RemoteDesktop module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.

Security considerations

This is a read-oriented cmdlet; protect any sensitive results and check the documented effects of your selected parameters.

Examples

Example 1: Count idle virtual desktops on hosts

Get-RDVirtualDesktopIdleCount -HostServer @("rdvh-1.contoso.com","rdvh-2.contoso.com") -ConnectionBroker "rdcb.contoso.com"

This command gets the number of idle virtual desktops associated with the connection broker named rdcb.contoso.com on the host servers named rdvh-1.contoso.com and rdvh-2.contoso.com. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/RemoteDesktop/Get-RDVirtualDesktopIdleCount.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/remotedesktop/get-rdvirtualdesktopidlecount?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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