How to get a list of logged on users on MS Small Business Server

I don't know much/anything about WMI but you can tell who's logged in by looking at the sessions by going to:
Server Management | Advanced Management | Computer Management (Local) | System Tools | Shared Folder Sessions

Being "logged on" is something that's not a constantly monitered situation because of Kerberos authenticatioin.  Once a user is AUTHENTICATED on a domain, they have a ticket granted from Kerberos that permits them to use the domain's resources until the ticket expires.  What that means is that a user might be logged into the network, but not really to the server itself.

Can you explain what the application does?  Because if it's just to see who's "online" you can use Windows Messenger because an IM client will stay "logged on" to a server.

Jeff
TechSoEasy

I am building an application that will run on one or more clients and part of what it does is show who is all currently logged on. I looked at one possible solution where when the application starts up, it tells the server its present and the server than sends it a list of who is logged on and then tells all the other instances that it has logged on. The problem with that solution is what happens if someone is logged on to the server working in say SharePoint but not using the application. It would be better to track who is logged on independent of any particular application. Then, any application that needs the information can access it as needed.

Is that possible?

Looking at the sessions folder pointed out by bluetab is what I am after, how do I access that pragmatically using C#.

Also, one other way to do this would be through the Office Live Communications Server API:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa644830

Jeff
TechSoEasy

Forced accept.

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