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NTAccount Class

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Represents a user or group account.

System.Object
  System.Security.Principal.IdentityReference
    System.Security.Principal.NTAccount

Namespace:  System.Security.Principal
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
public sealed class NTAccount : IdentityReference

The NTAccount type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method NTAccount(String) Initializes a new instance of the NTAccount class by using the specified name.
Public method NTAccount(String, String) Initializes a new instance of the NTAccount class by using the specified domain name and account name.
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  Name Description
Public property Value Returns an uppercase string representation of this NTAccount object. (Overrides IdentityReference.Value.)
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  Name Description
Public method Equals Returns a value that indicates whether this NTAccount object is equal to a specified object. (Overrides IdentityReference.Equals(Object).)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for the current NTAccount object. The GetHashCode method is suitable for hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. (Overrides IdentityReference.GetHashCode().)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method IsValidTargetType Returns a value that indicates whether the specified type is a valid translation type for the NTAccount class. (Overrides IdentityReference.IsValidTargetType(Type).)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Returns the account name, in Domain\Account format, for the account represented by the NTAccount object. (Overrides IdentityReference.ToString().)
Public method Translate Translates the account name represented by the NTAccount object into another IdentityReference-derived type. (Overrides IdentityReference.Translate(Type).)
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Public operator Static member Equality Compares two NTAccount objects to determine whether they are equal. They are considered equal if they have the same canonical name representation as the one returned by the Value property or if they are both null.
Public operator Static member Inequality Compares two NTAccount objects to determine whether they are not equal. They are considered not equal if they have different canonical name representations than the one returned by the Value property or if one of the objects is null and the other is not.
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

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

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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