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[Issue] FindFrontEndActivity.ps1 doesn't find users when Hybrid Modern Authentication is enabled.

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Description

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FindFrontEndActivity.ps1
Version: 24.02.09.2324

When running the script as shown below, it does not find any entries in the HTTPProxy logs.

Get-ExchangeServer | .\FindFrontEndActivity.ps1 -SamAccountName e1901mbx -LatencyThreshold 1

Hybrid Modern Authentication is enabled in my environment which causes the AuthenticatedUser field to be populated with the users SID instead of their SamAccountName. Below is a sample request from my lab.

#Fields: DateTime,RequestId,MajorVersion,MinorVersion,BuildVersion,RevisionVersion,ClientRequestId,Protocol,UrlHost,UrlStem,ProtocolAction,AuthenticationType,IsAuthenticated,AuthenticatedUser

2025-12-03T23:45:49.962Z,7305f975-9dc3-4a40-a83b-d7999eb13765,15,2,1544,36,R:{6C319103-
6A5F-4ABC-A129-BBBB392101F7}:159;RT:Execute;CI:{704EFA91-E181-4A0B-86A9-4EEA14F6F81C}:109400046;CID:{7B277ABE-B1BE-40E7-AED4-079F7C31A8C8},Mapi,mail.logonzlab.com,/mapi/emsmdb/,,Bearer,tru
e,S-1-5-21-414624153-821473048-1506230998-9603,logonzlab.com,MailboxGuid~63d37936-1bf3-4152-9514-dc2ee4caf909,Microsoft Office/16.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Microsoft Outlook 16.0.19328; Pro),10.
97.83.12,E1901,200,200,,POST,Proxy,e1901.contoso.lab,15.02.1544.000,IntraForest,MailboxGuidWithDomain,Database~f6fbf29d-9cb4-48b9-a0c4-967e8da2c64f~~2026-01-02T23:44:48,,,42,113,,,10,0,,0,
,0,,0,0,,0,28,0,0,0,0,12,0,0,1,3,0,18,0,13,5,5,15,28,,?MailboxId=63d37936-1bf3-4152-9514-dc2ee4caf909@logonzlab.com,,BeginRequest=2025-12-03T23:45:49.934Z;CorrelationID=;ProxyState-
Run=None;FEAuth=BEVersion-1942128136;ActAsUserVerified=True;BeginGetRequestStream=2025-12-03T23:45:49.949Z;OnRequestStreamReady=2025-12-03T23:45:49.949Z;BeginGetResponse=2025-12-03T23:45:4
9.949Z;OnResponseReady=2025-12-03T23:45:49.961Z;EndGetResponse=2025-12-03T23:45:49.961Z;ProxyState-Complete=ProxyResponseData;SharedCacheGuard=0;EndRequest=2025-12-03T23:45:49.962Z;S:Servi
ceLatencyMetadata.AuthModuleLatency=10;S:ServiceCommonMetadata.OAuthExtraInfo=Category:V1AppActAs|ScenarioType:V1|AppId:d3590ed6-52b3-4102-aeff-aad2292ab01c|;S:ServiceCommonMetadata.OAuthL
atency=Parse:5|JwtSecurityTokenValidator:1|PermissionValidator:1|;I32:ADR.C[DC1]=1;F:ADR.AL[DC1]=1.9103;I32:ATE.C[DC1.contoso.lab]=2;F:ATE.AL[DC1.contoso.lab]=0;I32:ADS.C[DC1]=1;F:ADS.AL[D
C1]=1.9515,,,|RoutingDB:f6fbf29d-9cb4-48b9-a0c4-967e8da2c64f,,,CafeV1

Expected behavior
To support finding HTTPProxy logs related to specific users when Hybrid Modern Authentication is enabled.

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Research direction

Start with FindFrontEndActivity.ps1 and its HTTPProxy log parsing, using the reported Get-ExchangeServer command and sample request as reproduction data. Trace how AuthenticatedUser is matched against -SamAccountName when the log contains a SID. Done means the script finds the relevant entries for the specified user with Hybrid Modern Authentication enabled.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
powershell
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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