Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops SDK

Group-BrokerSession

August 3, 2023

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Groups and counts sessions with the same value for a specified property.

Syntax

Group-BrokerSession [-Uid] <Int64> -Property <String> [-AdminAddress <String>] [-BearerToken <String>] [-TraceParent <String>] [-TraceState <String>] [-VirtualSiteId <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

Group-BrokerSession -Property <String> [[-SessionKey] <Guid>] [-AgentVersion <String>] [-AnonymousUserId <String>] [-ApplicationInUse <String>] [-AppState <SessionAppState>] [-AppStateLastChangeTime <DateTime>] [-AutonomouslyBrokered <Boolean>] [-BrokeringDuration <Int32>] [-BrokeringTime <DateTime>] [-BrokeringUserName <String>] [-BrokeringUserSID <String>] [-CatalogName <String>] [-CbpVersion <CBPVersion>] [-ClientAddress <String>] [-ClientName <String>] [-ClientPlatform <String>] [-ClientProductId <Int32>] [-ClientVersion <String>] [-ConnectedViaHostName <String>] [-ConnectedViaIP <String>] [-ConnectionMode <ConnectionMode>] [-ControllerDNSName <String>] [-DesktopGroupName <String>] [-DesktopGroupUid <Int32>] [-DesktopKind <DesktopKind>] [-DesktopSID <String>] [-DesktopUid <Int32>] [-DeviceId <String>] [-DNSName <String>] [-EntitlementPolicyRuleUid <Int32>] [-EstablishmentDuration <Int32>] [-EstablishmentTime <DateTime>] [-HardwareId <String>] [-Hidden <Boolean>] [-HostedMachineName <String>] [-HostingServerName <String>] [-HypervisorConnectionName <String>] [-IdleDuration <TimeSpan>] [-IdleSince <DateTime>] [-ImageOutOfDate <Boolean>] [-InMaintenanceMode <Boolean>] [-IPAddress <String>] [-IsAnonymousUser <Boolean>] [-IsPhysical <Boolean>] [-LaunchedViaHostName <String>] [-LaunchedViaIP <String>] [-LaunchedViaPublishedName <String>] [-LaunchedViaWorkspace <Boolean>] [-LogoffInProgress <Boolean>] [-LogonInProgress <Boolean>] [-MachineName <String>] [-MachineSummaryState <DesktopSummaryState>] [-MachineUid <Int32>] [-Metadata <String>] [-OSType <String>] [-PersistUserChanges <PersistUserChanges>] [-PowerState <PowerState>] [-PreferredZoneName <String>] [-PreferredZoneUid <Guid>] [-Protocol <String>] [-ProvisioningType <ProvisioningType>] [-ReceiverIPAddress <String>] [-ReceiverName <String>] [-SecureIcaActive <Boolean>] [-SessionId <Int32>] [-SessionReconnection <SessionReconnection>] [-SessionState <SessionState>] [-SessionStateChangeTime <DateTime>] [-SessionSupport <SessionSupport>] [-SessionType <SessionType>] [-StartTime <DateTime>] [-TenantId <Guid>] [-UntrustedUserName <String>] [-UserFullName <String>] [-UserName <String>] [-UserSID <String>] [-UserUPN <String>] [-ZoneName <String>] [-ZoneUid <Guid>] [-ApplicationUid <Int32>] [-SharedDesktopUid <Int32>] [-ReturnTotalRecordCount] [-MaxRecordCount <Int32>] [-Skip <Int32>] [-SortBy <String>] [-Filter <String>] [-FilterScope <Guid>] [-AdminAddress <String>] [-BearerToken <String>] [-TraceParent <String>] [-TraceState <String>] [-VirtualSiteId <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

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Detailed Description

Filters sessions using the specified criteria, then groups and counts matching sessions with the same value for a particular property. The number of sessions in the group, and the property value for the group, is output. For example:

C:\PS> Group-BrokerSession -Property SessionState

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Count Name —– —- 43 Active 17 NonBrokeredSession 3 Disconnected

Filtering supports the same options as the Get-BrokerSession cmdlet, and allows filtering on both machine and session properties.

Group-BrokerSession is similar to the standard PowerShell Group-Object, but is faster than piping the output of Get-BrokerSession into Group-Object when working with many machines.

Note that the MaxRecordCount, ReturnTotalRecordCount, Skip, and SortBy parameters apply to GroupInfo records output rather than the filtered sessions.

Parameters

Name	Description	Required?	Pipeline Input
Uid	Gets session by its Uid.	true	false
Property	Selects the property by which matching sessions are grouped.	true	false
SessionKey	Gets session having the specified unique key.	false	false
AgentVersion	Gets sessions with a specific Virtual Desktop Agent version.	false	false
AnonymousUserId	Gets sessions associated with the specified user ID.	false	false
ApplicationInUse	Gets sessions running specific applications (identified by their SDK Name property).	false	false
AppState	Gets sessions by their app state.
Valid values are PreLogon, PreLaunched, Active, Desktop, Lingering and NoApps.	false	false
AppStateLastChangeTime	Get sessions by their app state change time.	false	false
AutonomouslyBrokered	Gets sessions according to whether they are autonomously brokered or not. Autonomously brokered sessions are HDX sessions established by direct connection without being brokered.	false	false
BrokeringDuration	Gets session with a specific time taken to broker. In general, Citrix recommends using -Filter and relative comparisons.	false	false
BrokeringTime	Get sessions brokered at a specific time. In general, Citrix recommends using -Filter and relative comparisons.	false	false
BrokeringUserName	Get sessions by brokering user.	false	false
BrokeringUserSID	Get sessions by brokering user SID.	false	false
CatalogName	Gets sessions on machines from a specific catalog name.	false	false
CbpVersion	The version of CBP that the VDA is currently registered with. This will be null when the VDA is not registered.	false	false
ClientAddress	Get sessions by client IP address.	false	false
ClientName	Get sessions by client name.	false	false
ClientPlatform	Get sessions by client platform.	false	false
ClientProductId	Get sessions by client product ID.	false	false
ClientVersion	Get sessions by client version.	false	false
ConnectedViaHostName	Get sessions by host name of the incoming connection. This is usually a proxy or Citrix Access Gateway server.	false	false
ConnectedViaIP	Get sessions by IP address of the incoming connection.	false	false
ConnectionMode	Gets sessions by the way in which the most recent connection to the session was established.
Valid modes are Brokered, Unbrokered, LeasedConnection, VdaHighAvailabilityMode, ThirdPartyBroker, and ThirdPartyBrokerWithLicensing.	false	false
ControllerDNSName	Gets sessions that are hosted on machines which are registered with a specific controller.	false	false
DesktopGroupName	Gets sessions from a desktop group with the specified name.	false	false
DesktopGroupUid	Gets sessions from a desktop group with the specified UID.	false	false
DesktopKind	Gets sessions on a desktop of a particular kind.
Valid values are Private and Shared.	false	false
DesktopSID	Get sessions by desktop SID.	false	false
DesktopUid	Get sessions by desktop Uid.	false	false
DeviceId	Get sessions by client device id.	false	false
DNSName	Gets sessions by their machine’s DNS name.	false	false
EntitlementPolicyRuleUid	Gets sessions where the user was granted the entitlement to launch the session from the specified entitlement policy rule.	false	false
EstablishmentDuration	Gets sessions which took a specific time to establish. In general, Citrix recommends using -Filter and relative comparisons.	false	false
EstablishmentTime	Gets sessions which became established at a particular time. In general, Citrix recommends using -Filter and relative comparisons.	false	false
HardwareId	Get sessions by client hardware id.	false	false
Hidden	Get sessions by whether they are hidden or not. Hidden sessions are treated as though they do not exist when brokering sessions; a hidden session cannot be reconnected to, but a new session may be launched using the same entitlement.	false	false
HostedMachineName	Gets sessions by their machine’s name as known to its hypervisor.	false	false
HostingServerName	Gets sessions hosted by a machine with a specific name of the hosting hypervisor server.	false	false
HypervisorConnectionName	Gets sessions hosted by a machine with a specific name of the hosting hypervisor connection.	false	false
IdleDuration	Gets sessions that have been idle for the specified period	false	false
IdleSince	Time at which session went idle	false	false
ImageOutOfDate	Gets sessions hosted by a machine with a specific ImageOutOfDate setting.	false	false
InMaintenanceMode	Gets sessions hosted by a machine with a specific InMaintenanceMode setting.	false	false
IPAddress	Gets sessions hosted by a machine with a specific IP address.	false	false
IsAnonymousUser	Gets sessions depending on whether they were established anonymously ($true) or not ($false). An anonymous session is established without user credentials and a temporary local user account is used.	false	false
IsPhysical	Gets sessions hosted on machines where the flag indicating if the machine can be power managed by the Citrix Broker Service matches the requested value. Where the power state of the machine cannot be controlled, specify $true, otherwise $false.	false	false
LaunchedViaHostName	Get sessions by the host name of the StoreFront server from which a user launches a session.	false	false
LaunchedViaIP	Get sessions by the IP address of the StoreFront server from which a user launches a session.	false	false
LaunchedViaPublishedName	Gets sessions originally launched using a resource having a name matching the specified published name.	false	false
LaunchedViaWorkspace	Gets sessions by whether they were launched via Citrix Workspace or not.	false	false
LogoffInProgress	Gets sessions by whether they are in the process of being logged off or not.	false	false
LogonInProgress	Gets sessions by whether they are still executing user logon processing or not.	false	false
MachineName	Gets sessions by their machine name (in the form DOMAIN\machine).	false	false
MachineSummaryState	Gets sessions on a machine with a specific summary state.
Valid values are Off, Unregistered, Available, Disconnected, Preparing, and InUse.	false	false
MachineUid	Gets sessions on a machine with the specified UID.	false	false
Metadata	Gets records with matching metadata entries.
The value being compared with is a concatenation of the key name, a colon, and the value. For example: -Metadata “abc:x*” matches records with a metadata entry having a key name of “abc” and a value starting with the letter “x”.	false	false
OSType	Gets sessions with a specific type of operating system.	false	false
PersistUserChanges	Gets sessions where the user changes are persisted in a particular manner. Values can be

Input Type

None

You cannot pipe input into this cmdlet.

Return Values

Citrix.Broker.Admin.Sdk.Groupinfo

Each GroupInfo object represents one group, and contains the following properties:

Count: The count of sessions in this group.
Name: The value of the property the sessions were grouped by (as a string). If you do not specify -SortBy, groups are sorted with the largest count first.

Notes

To compare dates or times, use -Filter and relative comparisons. For more information, see about_Broker_Filtering and the examples.

Examples

Example 1

C:\PS> Group-BrokerSession -Property SessionState -DesktopGroupName dg1

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Description

Group sessions on machines from the dg1 group by session state.

Example 2

C:\PS> Group-BrokerSession -Property ClientName -ClientName 'ThinClient\*' -SortBy Name

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Description

List alphabetically the names of the clients connected to the site, but only show clients whose names starts with ‘ThinClient’.

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Group-BrokerSession

August 3, 2023

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August 3, 2023

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Group-BrokerSession

Syntax

Detailed Description

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Parameters

Input Type

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Return Values

Citrix.Broker.Admin.Sdk.Groupinfo

Notes

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