ImpersonationLevel Enumeration (System.Management)

ImpersonationLevel Enumeration

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ImpersonationLevel Enumeration

Describes the impersonation level to be used to connect to WMI.

Namespace: System.Management
Assembly: System.Management (in System.Management.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public Enumeration ImpersonationLevel

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As ImpersonationLevel

public enum ImpersonationLevel

Visual C++

public enum class ImpersonationLevel

JScript

public enum ImpersonationLevel

Members

	Member name	Description
	Default	Default impersonation.
	Anonymous	Anonymous COM impersonation level that hides the identity of the caller. Calls to WMI may fail with this impersonation level.
	Identify	Identify-level COM impersonation level that allows objects to query the credentials of the caller. Calls to WMI may fail with this impersonation level.
	Impersonate	Impersonate-level COM impersonation level that allows objects to use the credentials of the caller. This is the recommended impersonation level for WMI calls.
	Delegate	Delegate-level COM impersonation level that allows objects to permit other objects to use the credentials of the caller. This level, which will work with WMI calls but may constitute an unnecessary security risk, is supported only under Windows 2000.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

Reference

System.Management Namespace