Having an Azure AD user logged in in a Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) windows-client and a .NET application launched from this WVD, is it possible to read, from the C# code, the authenticated user in WVD (or a Token)? Maybe an equivalent for System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent() The idea is to get a Token ID associated with the Azure user's Object ID.

It's possible to get all the user sessions via PowerShell cmdlet. Maybe this helps. import-module az $subID = "xxxxxxxx" $resgroup = "xxyz-rg" $hostpoolName = "myHostpool" Get-AzWvdUserSession -SubscriptionId $SubID -ResourceGroupName $resgroup -HostPoolName $hostpoolName | select Name, UserPrincipalName (If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer , thank you) Regards Andreas Baumgarten

Getting current logged in user in Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)

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Andreas Baumgarten 109.9K Reputation points MVP

2020-10-19T17:15:50.237+00:00
It's possible to get all the user sessions via PowerShell cmdlet. Maybe this helps.

import-module az $subID = "xxxxxxxx" $resgroup = "xxyz-rg" $hostpoolName = "myHostpool" Get-AzWvdUserSession -SubscriptionId $SubID -ResourceGroupName $resgroup -HostPoolName $hostpoolName | select Name, UserPrincipalName

(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

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Andreas Baumgarten
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MirceaD 21 Reputation points

2020-10-20T07:18:58.473+00:00

Thank for your quick response and it seemed promising, but executing it, I get no result (and no error).

MirceaD 21 Reputation points

2020-10-20T08:34:34.133+00:00

not even the headers' names (Name Type).

Andreas Baumgarten 109.9K Reputation points MVP

2020-10-20T10:46:28.893+00:00

But there are active user sessions on the hostpool VMs?

MirceaD 21 Reputation points

2020-10-20T12:35:52.997+00:00

Granting my user with "User Access Administrator" role and executing this command in PowerShell, I was able to get the results, but only after connecting the Azure user in PowerShell (Connect-AzAccount):
Connect-AzAccount user@AAA .onmicrosoft.com
Get-AzWvdUserSession ...

But, executing Get-AzWvdUserSession from C# code, using System.Management.Automation.PowerShell, it still returns 0 results.
The code is called when launching the WebForms application (My app) from within the Remote Desktop Client,

PowerShellInst.AddScript(string.Format("Get-AzWvdUserSession -SubscriptionId '{0}' -ResourceGroupName '{1}' -HostPoolName '{2}' | select Name, UserPrincipalName", subID, resgroup, hostpoolName));
Collection<PSObject> PSOutput = PowerShellInst.Invoke();

Andreas Baumgarten 109.9K Reputation points MVP

2020-10-20T14:18:20.04+00:00

Authentication is required to query Azure objects.
You have to add the authentication somehow in your code. Sorry, I am not a developer and can't support you with this.

(If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

MirceaD 21 Reputation points

2020-10-20T14:21:05.737+00:00

Thank you, Andreas!
I'll investigate further.

Best regards,
MirceaD

whoward-msft 2,766 Reputation points

2020-10-20T23:53:33.867+00:00

Hi @MircaD-8889,

Are you still having trouble authenticating? You can use a Service Account for your application and then allow the application to authenticate against your directory.

MirceaD 21 Reputation points

2020-10-22T05:19:35.237+00:00

Thank you!
Yes, this may be the option.

Best regards,
MirceaD
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