How to get the current context user name

[SP-Support]

I run my PNP with my SharePoint Admin account as does the rest of my team. To make our scripts a bit more flexible can you explain how to get the current context user. If you use [Enivronment]::UserName it gives the computer user name not the user name the script is running as. Am I missing something?

[ToddKlindt]

I use this to see who is connected to M365, (Get-PnPConnection | select -ExpandProperty pscredential).username

[cwalexlai]

Would it work for MFA as well? e.g. Connect-PnPOnline -Interactive

[ToddKlindt]

I don't know, try it and let us know how it turns out. :)

[cwalexlai]

It's empty. I am unable to find a way to get current MFA logged in credentials.

[marcoscheel]

With a little bit of "csom" magic it is possible

$ctx = Get-PnPContext
$ctx.Load($ctx.Web.CurrentUser)
$ctx.ExecuteQuery()
$ctx.Web.CurrentUser
$ctx.Web.CurrentUser.Email

[mpowney]

An alternative to the CSOM approach is to use the Get-PnPProperty command, with one-line:

Get-PnPProperty -ClientObject (Get-PnPWeb) -Property CurrentUser

Behind the scenes, this works almost the same as the CSOM approach, but is not directly dependent on the CSOM ExecuteQuery method