Public/Get-LocalLogonHistory.ps1

<#
.DESCRIPTION
Get logon/logoff history from single PC's either locally or remotely.
 
.PARAMETER Username
Filters for a specific username
 
.PARAMETER StartTime
Only provide events after a given date/time
 
.PARAMETER Endtime
Only provide events before a given date/time
 
.PARAMETER IncludeLogOff
Filter to include Loggoff events
 
.PARAMETER ComputerName
Specify a remote computer for auditing
 
.EXAMPLE
Get-LocalLogonHistory -username john@domain.com -starttime 1/1/1900 -endtime 1/1/2024 -includelogoff -computername janespc
 
.NOTES
Copied this and then modified this function from https://github.com/junecastillote/Windows-Logon-History-Script/blob/main/LICENSE
 
Original License
MIT License
 
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#>


Function Get-LocalLogOnHistory {

    [CmdletBinding()]
    param (
        [Parameter()][String]$Username,
        [Parameter()][datetime]$StartTime,
        [Parameter()][datetime]$EndTime,
        [Parameter()][switch]$IncludeLogOff,
        [Parameter()][string]$ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME
    )

    # Base filter
    $filter = @{
        LogName      = 'Security'
        ID           = @('4624')
        ProviderName = 'Microsoft-Windows-Security-Auditing'
    }

    # If IncludeLogOff is specified, add event 4634 to the filter
    if ($IncludeLogOff) {
        $filter['ID'] += '4634'
    }

    # If StartDate is specified
    if ($StartTime) {
        $filter.Add('StartTime', $StartTime)
    }

    # If EndDate is specified
    if ($EndTime) {
        $filter.Add('EndTime', $EndTime)
    }

    # Add username filter
    if ($Username) {
        ## If PowerShell Core
        if ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq 'Core') {
            $filter.Add('TargetUserName', $Username)
        }
        ## If Windows PowerShell
        else {
            $filter.Add('Data', $Username)
        }
    }

    # https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/basic-audit-logon-events#configure-this-audit-setting
    $logOnTypeTable = @{
        '2'  = 'Interactive'
        '3'  = 'Network'
        '4'  = 'Batch'
        '5'  = 'Service'
        '6'  = 'Unlock'
        '7'  = 'NetworkCleartext'
        '8'  = 'NewCredentials'
        '9'  = 'RemoteInteractive'
        '10' = 'RemoteInteractive'
        '11' = 'CachedInteractive'
    }

    try {
        $events = Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable $filter -ErrorAction Stop -ComputerName $ComputerName

        foreach ($event in $events) {
            [PSCustomObject]@{
                TimeStamp    = $event.TimeCreated
                EventType    = $(
                    if ($event.Id -eq '4624') {
                        'LogOn'
                    }
                    else {
                        'LogOff'
                    }
                )
                User         = $(
                    if ($Username) {
                        $Username
                    }
                    elseif ($event.Id -eq '4624') {
                        $event.Properties[5].Value
                    }
                    else {
                        $event.Properties[1].Value
                    }
                )
                SourceIP     = $(
                    if ($event.Id -eq '4624') {
                        $event.Properties[18].Value
                    }
                    else {
                        $null
                    }
                )
                ComputerName = $ComputerName
                LogOnType    = $logOnTypeTable["$($event.Properties[8].value)"]
            }
        }
    }
    catch {
        $_.Exception.Message | Out-Default
        return $null
    }
}