Avoid automatic Logout when working on SCOM 2012 RC web console

When you use web console for SCOM 2012 RC you will face a problem that every 30 minutes it will sign out automatically to avoid this problem you have to modify this setting in the web.config file for the web console

Steps:

1- locate the web.config file by opening IIS then right click then explore for operation manager web portal

2- open the Web.config file

3- you will find this

<connection autoSignIn=”true” autoSignOutInterval=”30″>
<session encryptionKey=”SessionEncryptionKey”>
<overrideTicket encryptionKey=”OverrideTicketEncryptionKey”/>
</session>
<managementServer name=”localhost”/>
</connection>

and find also

<connection>
     <session encryptionKey="SessionEncryptionKey">
           <overrideTicket encryptionKey="OverrideTicketEncryptionKey>
     </session>
            <managementServer name="localhost"/>
        </connection>

4- Change it to be like that

<connection autoSignIn=”true” autoSignOutInterval=”0″>
<session encryptionKey=”SessionEncryptionKey”>
<overrideTicket encryptionKey=”OverrideTicketEncryptionKey”/>
</session>
<managementServer name=”localhost”/>
</connection>

and

<connection autoSignOutInterval="0">
     <session encryptionKey="SessionEncryptionKey">
           <overrideTicket encryptionKey="OverrideTicketEncryptionKey>
     </session>
            <managementServer name="localhost"/>
        </connection>

5- restart IIS to take effect.