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power shell script to get user logged into a windows HM in Polaroids in a SAM script

mcmillrl

Does any one have a power shell script that would the get user logged into a windows VM via a SAM script?

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sturdyerde

What is your goal with this script?

Are you trying to log which users are logged on a VM? Are you trying to log and alert if a specific account is logged onto a VM, or are you trying to log and alert if a specific number of users are logged onto a VM?

hpstech

I know its not what you're looking for, but has the groundwork for getting logged in sessions. This script works awesomely for us to get an email listing sessions logged in.

# Import the Active Directory module for the Get-ADComputer CmdLet
Import-Module ActiveDirectory

# Get today's date for the report
$today = Get-Date
$arrayofStringsNonInterestedIn = "console" , "RDP" , "services"

# Setup email parameters
$subject = "ACTIVE SERVER SESSIONS REPORT - " + $today
$priority = "Normal"
$smtpServer = "mail.yourcompany.com"
$emailFrom = "RDPSessions@yourcompany.com"
$emailTo = "you@yourcompany.com"

# Create a fresh variable to collect the results. You can use this to output as desired
$SessionList = "ACTIVE SERVER SESSIONS REPORT - " + $today + "`n`n"

# Query Active Directory for computers running a Server operating system
$Servers = Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -like "*server*"}

# Loop through the list to query each server for login sessions
ForEach ($Server in $Servers) {
$ServerName = $Server.Name

# When running interactively, uncomment the Write-Host line below to show which server is being queried
Write-Host "Querying $ServerName"

# Run the qwinsta.exe and parse the output
$queryResults = (qwinsta /server:$ServerName | foreach { (($_.trim() -replace "\s+",","))} | ConvertFrom-Csv)

# Pull the session information from each instance
ForEach ($queryResult in $queryResults) {
$RDPUser = $queryResult.USERNAME
$sessionType = $queryResult.SESSIONNAME
$State=$queryResult.State
If ($queryResult.ID -eq "Disc") {
$RDPUser = $queryResult.Sessionname
$SessionType=" "
$State=$queryResult.ID
}

# We only want to display where a "person" is logged in. Otherwise unused sessions show up as USERNAME as a number
If (($RDPUser -match "[a-z]") -and ($RDPUser -ne $NULL) -and ($RDPUser -ne "Disc")) {
# When running interactively, uncomment the Write-Host line below to show the output to screen
Write-Host $ServerName logged in by $RDPUser on $sessionType
$SessionList = $SessionList + "`n`n" + $ServerName + " logged in by " + $RDPUser + " on " + $sessionType
}
}
}

# When running interactively, uncomment the Write-Host line below to see the full list on screen
#$SessionList
get-content $sessionlist | where {$arrayofStringsNonInterestedIn -notcontains $_}
Write-host $SessionList

$SessionList2 = ""
ForEach($l in $SessionList.split("`n")){
if ($l.Trim().Equals("")){continue}
if ($l.Contains("services")) {continue}
if ($l.Trim().EndsWith("on")) {$SessionList2 += $l + "`n"}

}

Write-host $SessionList2
# Send the report email
Send-MailMessage -To $emailTo -Subject $subject -Body $SessionList2 -SmtpServer $smtpServer -From $emailFrom -Priority $priority