How to find User’s Last Logon Time

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to find the user’s last logon time using different methods. You can use any of these methods to determine an Active Directory user’s last sign-in date and time.

As a system administrator, there are many situations in which you want to find the user’s last logon date and time. You may probably want to audit any activity or gather all the inactive users in Active Directory over a period of time, etc.

There are numerous third-party software programs available that can help you determine a user’s last logon time. However, many people opt not to use these programs because they typically demand a license. Even if some of them are free, they have certain limitations. These programs must communicate with your Active Directory to retrieve information, and some businesses do not utilize it for security reasons.

What is LastLogonTimeStamp in Active Directory?

The purpose of the LastLogonTimeStamp is to help identify stale user and computer accounts. Administrators can use the lastLogontimeStamp attribute to determine if a user or computer account has recently logged onto the domain.

What is the difference between LastLogon and LastLogonTimeStamp?

The lastlogon attribute is the most accurate way to check active directory users last login time. Lastlogon is only updated on the domain controller that performs the authentication and is not replicated. Whereas LastLogontimestamp is replicated, but by default only if it is 14 days or older than the previous value.

Method 1: Find the user’s logon time in Active Directory

Finding the last logon time of a user is pretty simple using Active Directory.

• Login to a Domain Controller.
• Launch Active Directory Users and Computers console (dsa.msc).
• Click View and ensure Advanced features is turned on.
• On the left pane, click Users and select any user, right click the user account and click Properties.
• In the list of attributes, look for lastLogon. This attribute shows the time the user was last logged in the domain.

Method 2: Find User’s last logon time using CMD

Using the command prompt, you can find the last logon time of the user. You don’t need a domain admin account to get AD user information.

• Click Start and launch the command prompt.
• Run the command: net user username /domain| findstr “Last”
• The CMD output shows the user’s last logon time and date.

Method 3: Find User Last Logon time using PowerShell

You can find the user logon date and time using PowerShell command. You can run the below command either on a domain controller or a member server.

• Log in to a Domain Controller.
• Import the Active Directory PowerShell module, Import-Module ActiveDirectory.
• Run the below PowerShell command to find the user’s login time with date.

Get-ADUser -Identity "username" -Properties LastLogon

When you run the above command, notice that Lastlogon value is in a different format. It’s in a timestamp format and you need to convert the value to a readable format. Use the below command to convert the value to normal time. Do not forget to replace the user name with your username.

Get-ADUser -Filter {Name -eq "username"} -Properties * | Select-Object Name, @{N='LastLogon'; E={[DateTime]::FromFileTime($_.LastLogon)}}

Method 4: Find last Logon Time of User using SCCM

From the SCCM console, you can find the previous logon time of the user account. SCCM uses Active Directory to fetch the information when you run the discovery methods. Discovery creates a discovery data record (DDR) for each discovered object and stores this information in the SCCM database.

There are two prerequisites before you use SCCM to find the logon time of a user:

• You should have enabled the SCCM discovery methods before you intend to determine the user logon details. The Active Directory user discovery method must be enabled.
• On the Active Directory user discovery properties, ensure lastLogon and lastLogonTimestamp attributes are enabled for discovery.

To find the last logon time of a user using SCCM, follow the below steps.

• Launch the Configuration Manager console.
• Navigate to Assets and Compliance\Overview\Users\All Users.
• Search for the user account and right-click the User object.
• On the user properties box, click General tab.
• The LastLogon attribute should reveal the last logon time of a user account.

Method 5: Find user sign-in activity in Microsoft 365 admin center

In the Microsoft 365 admin center, an administrator can view the times a user manually signed in with their username and password in the past 30 days. The user sign-in activity details include the date and time of the login, status and failure reason.

To view the user’s last logon date and time in Microsoft 365 admin center:

• Sign in to the Microsoft 365 admin center.
• Expand Users > Active Users and select a user.
• On the User properties window, under Last sign-in, select View last 30 days.
• The sign-in activity screen shows the user’s last logon date and time for the past 30 days.

Method 6: Find user’s last login details in Intune

If your organization manages Windows devices using Intune, you can find the user’s last login details in the Intune admin center. Sign in to the Intune admin center and go to Users. From the list of users, select a user and now click on Sign-in logs. Here, you can see the date and time of the user’s login, including the user’s location, IP address, and request ID.

To export the user’s sign information, you can click on the Download button. The file can be exported in JSON and CSV formats.