I found it:

[Environment]::UserName
$Env:UserName

There is also:

$Env:UserDomain
$Env:ComputerName

Hi @Eve Harris ,

please try Get-ADUser : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/activedirectory/get-aduser?view=windowsserver2022-ps

# Get all AD Users  
Get-ADUser -Filter * -Properties Department | Select-Object GivenName, SurName, Department  
# Get user by SamAccountName  
Get-ADUser -Identity mmouse -Properties Department | Select-Object GivenName, SurName, Department  

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Use [Environment]::UserName to get the name of the user who is running the script. This doesn't use env vars but actually inspects the access token of the current thread.

There could be a couple of reasons: make sure you're using double quotes when using variables; single wires are considered literal strings and variables are not processed $name = 'Peter Piper' $title = "$name picked a peck of pickles" encapsulated complex variables and expressions within a string to have them evaluated in line "Right now it is $(Get-Date)" Try those and see if that is better. Also, if you leave just the string on a line, it will output its value and you can try that for debugging.

$dom = $env:userdomain
$usr = $env:username
([adsi]"WinNT://$dom/$usr,user").fullname

Returns:

John Doe

Some other (mostly) obscure properties also available. A few useful ones:

• Homedrive UNC
• Homedrive Letter
• Description
• Login script

Try:

[adsi]"WinNT://usr,user" | select *

You may create a credential object this way :

$passwd = convertto-securestring -AsPlainText -Force -String <your password>

$cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential 
-argumentlist "Domain\User",$passwd

You may then pass the $cred object as the value of the -Credential parameter like this: -Credential $cred.

You may find more options that you may adapt if needed in the post
Windows PowerShell give password in command Enter-PSSession.

Get Current User Name in PowerShell · You can easily get the current username in Windows PowerShell using whoami to return domain\username as below · There are also many ways to get the current logged on username in Windows PowerShell as the following: · Using System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity · Using $env · Using Win32_ComputerSystem · 1) Get current logged-on username in Windows PowerShell · [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name · This example helps you to get the current user who runs the PowerShell domain\username. so if you are run the Powershell as a different user it will get the current user who runs the PowerShell, not the currently logged-on user to the machine. · Output · 2) Get current logged-on username without domain in Windows PowerShell · [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name.split("\")[1] · Or · $env:UserName · This example helps you to get the current user who runs the PowerShell without domain. · 3) Get domain name in Windows PowerShell · [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name.split("\")[0] · $env:UserDomain #not recommened · This example helps you to get only the current domain name. · 4) Get current logged-on username to machine in PowerShell · $userInfo=((Get-WMIObject -class Win32_ComputerSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty username) -split '\\' ) $userInfo[0]+"\"+$userInfo[1] · This example helps you to get the logged-in user info like Domain Name $userInfo[0] and User Name $userInfo[1] or domain\username $userInfo[0]+"\"+$userInfo[1]. but if you are running the Powershell as a different user it will not get the current user who runs the PowerShell, it only gets the currently logged-on user to the machine. · See Also · Get all Groups a user is a member of Using PowerShell · PowerShell Get-Date in Short format