prestage remote desktop logons for other users

prestageRDP.ps1

# prestage remote desktop logons for other users... (have to know passwords # 
# author: josef lahmer
# 
# USE https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Connect-Mstsc-Open-RDP-2064b10b
# https://gist.github.com/josy1024/917715eef3a87a3c0bf3

# optimisations:
# (would be nice to know if i can store password hashes)? (to avoid clear text passwords)


# run this script bevor the users are going to work (you have to know their passwords!!)
# autoadminlogon on reboot on terminalservers?

. .\Connect-Mstsc.ps1
# or from network
# . "\\server\share\Connect-Mstsc.ps1"

# for every line change server and logon credentials

Connect-Mstsc -ComputerName servername -User 'domain\user' -Password 'password'

## option with secure password string....
$user = "domain\user"
$passwordfile="passwordfile.txt"
### set password with:
# read-host -assecurestring | convertfrom-securestring | out-file passwordfile.txt

$pass = (get-content -path $passwordfile | convertto-securestring)
$cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -argumentlist $user,$pass

Connect-Mstsc -ComputerName servername -Credential $cred 
# 
# ....
# wait 3 minutes to sure logonprocess finished...

start-sleep 180

# reset mstsc connections for this user session
taskkill /F /FI "USERNAME eq %USERNAME%" /IM "mstsc.exe"

# wait for the useres to go to work