Maximum Session Duration for Privileged Remote Access
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Maximum Session Duration for Privileged Remote Access

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Maximum Session Duration for Privileged Remote Access

Set a maximum session duration to automatically terminate browser sessions and application connections after a specified time period.
An organization's security policies and operational needs often require administrators to enforce strict limits on how long users can remain logged into remote sessions. To address this, you can now configure the maximum session duration for Privileged Remote Access to control how long users can remain logged in before being automatically logged out. Previously, all sessions were terminated after a fixed three-hour period regardless of your requirements. This feature allows you to set the maximum session duration between 3 and 24 hours based on your security policies and operational needs. When you configure a shorter duration, active sessions are immediately affected, so you receive a confirmation prompt before applying changes that might disrupt users. The Privileged Remote Access portal displays a countdown warning 10 minutes before session termination. This hard timeout works independently from the existing inactivity timeout, which terminates idle connections. You configure maximum session duration at the Prisma® Access tenant level, and it applies to all RDP, SSH, VNC connections for that Prisma Access deployment.