Get user console from system Account with PowerShell Administration Scripts

Get user console – owerShell script to retrieve the currently logged-in user and send messages using system accounts.

Useful external reference: Microsoft Learn.

Get user console Overview

This PowerShell script allows you to get the user currently logged into a computer using the system account.

Get-WmiObject Win32_Process -f 'Name="explorer.exe"'  |%  getowner  |% user

Get user console Overview

$sessionId = (Get-WmiObject Win32_Process -Filter 'Name="explorer.exe"').SessionId | Select-Object -Unique
msg.exe $sessionId "$message"