Question

I am new to Active Directory.

I have a VBA Excel Add-In that should run if, and only if, the computer that it is running on is currently logged into the Active Directory, whether locally or through a VPN.

Knowing the domain name, how would I retrieve the user name for the currently logged in user?

Thanks!

Answer 1

EDITED: If I understand your situation properly, then you might be going about this the wrong way.

When your app starts up, you could do a simple ping against a machine that the user would only be able to see if they were connected to your network, whether they log into the local network or if they are connected via the VPN.

If they already have access to your local network, it means they’ve already authenticated against whatever machanism, whether it’s Active Directory or something else, and it means they are “currently logged in”.

On a side note, Active Directory by itself doesn’t know if someone is logged in. There’s no way you can do something like:

ActiveDirectory.getIsThisUserLoggedIn("username");

Active Directory only acts as a mechanism for user metadata, security, and authentication.