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Windows 2012 has removed the Remote Desktop Services Manager tools that provide a GUI to view and kill user sessions connected to a server and so now you have to use the command line to perform this.

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PS C:\Windows\system32> qwinsta
 SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID  STATE   TYPE        DEVICE
 services                                    0  Disc
>rdp-tcp#30        bbrowne                   2  Active
                   otheruser                 4  Disc
 console           admin                    11  Active
 rdp-tcp                                 65536  Listen
PS C:\Windows\system32> rwinsta 4
PS C:\Windows\system32> qwinsta
 SESSIONNAME       USERNAME                 ID  STATE   TYPE        DEVICE
 services                                    0  Disc
>rdp-tcp#30        bbrowne                   2  Active
 console           admin                    11  Active
 rdp-tcp                                 65536  Listen
PS C:\Windows\system32>

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bradbrowne commented Apr 17, 2018

Make sure the command prompt is "Run as Administrator", otherwise you will not be able to kill the session!