Check who you are logged in as for PowerShellCheck who you are logged in as for PowerShell

Easily check who you are logged in as in PowerShell.

John Savill

March 27, 2017

1 Min Read
Check who you are logged in as for PowerShell

Q. How can I check who I am logged in with in PowerShell?

A. While commands such as whoami work in PowerShell there is a native option:

$me = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())
$me.Identities.Name

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