Which PowerShell cmdlet can a Citrix Administrator use to get a list of all published applications actively running, along with associated user names, in a Citrix Virtual Apps environment?
To monitor running published applications, Citrix administrators use Broker PowerShell cmdlets. Citrix documentation defines the role of the following:
✔ Get-BrokerApplicationInstance
This cmdlet returns active instances of published applications, including:
Which application is running
Which user is running it
Which session it belongs to
Launch time and instance metadata
This is the only cmdlet dedicated to reporting per-application instance activity.
Why the others are incorrect:
Get-BrokerApplication:Returns application configuration, not active app sessions.
Get-BrokerSession:Returns session details (user, endpoint, VDA, etc.) but does not list individual running application instances.
Get-BrokerSessionPreLaunch:Only shows information about pre-launch sessions, not active applications.
Citrix PowerShell Admin Guide → Monitoring Active Application Instances
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