How to find the computers a user is logged on to

The following is a comparison between the procedures for identifying the computers a user is logged on into with Windows PowerShell and ADAudit Plus:

PowerShell

Steps to identify the computers a user is logged on into using PowerShell:

• Define the domain from which you want to retrieve the report.
• Identify the primary DC to retrieve the report.
• Compile the script.
• Execute it in Windows PowerShell.

Sample Windows PowerShell script

$Computers =  Get-ADComputer  -Filter {(enabled -eq "true") -and (OperatingSystem -Like "*XP*")} | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
$output=@()
ForEach($PSItem in $Computers) {
$User = Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $PSItem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty UserName
$Obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property @{
        "Computer" = $PSItem
        "User" = $User
    }
$output+=$Obj    
}

$output

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ADAudit Plus

To obtain the report,

• 1. Reports -> User Logon Reports -> Users logged into multiple computers
• Select the required 'Domain'.
• Select 'Export as' to export the report in any of the preferred formats (CSV, PDF, HTML, and XLS).

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Following are the limitations in obtaining reports of all the computers the users are logged on to using native tools like Windows PowerShell:

ADAudit Plus will automatically scan all DCs in the domain to retrieve information about all the computers that users are logged on to a computer, generate the report and present it in a simple and intuitively designed UI.