Here at Liquidstate, we have a home server running Windows 8. It might seem like a simple thing, but today I drew a blank when trying to restart the server remotely from a Remote Desktop Connection (RDP). If you try the normal routes, then the only option available to you is "Disconnect".
The solution turned out to be remarkably simple: go to the desktop and press Alt+F4.
You will then be presented with options to:
- Disconnect
- Sign Out
- Shutdown
- Restart
Hopefully that helps someone else!