Viewing Logged-In Users

In on-premises environments, you can view the currently logged-in users and their license types server-specifically. With cloud vaults, you can view the same information vault-specifically.

Viewing logged-in users (on-premises)

To view the users who are currently logged in to an on-premises server:

  1. Open M-Files Admin.
  2. In the left-side tree view, expand a connection to M-Files server.
  3. Click Login Accounts.
  4. In the task area, click Show Logged-in Users.
    You must have server administrator rights to do this.

The Logged-in Users dialog is opened. It shows the users who are currently logged in.

You can also force specific users to log out. To do this, select the user and click Force Logout. This can be useful, for example, when concurrent licenses are used: The operation lets you to force the logout of idle users to release the license for someone else to use. Forcing active users to log out, however, normally does not affect them at all. Active users immediately get a license if available licenses exist.

Viewing logged-in users (cloud)

To view the users who are currently logged in to a cloud vault:

  1. Open M-Files Admin.
  2. In the left-side tree view, expand a connection to M-Files server.
  3. Expand the Document Vaults section.
  4. Select a vault.
  5. Click Show Logged-in Users.

The Logged-in Users dialog is opened. It shows the users who are currently logged in.

You can also force specific users to log out. To do this, select the user and click Force Logout. This can be useful, for example, when concurrent licenses are used: The operation lets you to force the logout of idle users to release the license for someone else to use. Forcing active users to log out, however, normally does not affect them at all. Active users immediately get a license if available licenses exist.