WindowsIdentity.Groups Property (System.Security.Principal)

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WindowsIdentity..::.Groups Property

Gets the groups the current Windows user belongs to.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)

Public ReadOnly Property Groups As IdentityReferenceCollection

Visual Basic (Usage)

Dim instance As WindowsIdentity
Dim value As IdentityReferenceCollection

value = instance.Groups

public IdentityReferenceCollection Groups { get; }

Visual C++

public:
property IdentityReferenceCollection^ Groups {
    IdentityReferenceCollection^ get ();
}

JScript

public function get Groups () : IdentityReferenceCollection

Property Value

Type: System.Security.Principal..::.IdentityReferenceCollection
An IdentityReferenceCollection object representing the groups the current Windows user belongs to.

Examples

The following code example shows the use of the Groups property to display the identity references for the groups the current user belongs to. This code example is part of a larger example provided for the WindowsIdentity class.

Visual Basic

' Display the SIDs for the groups the current user belongs to.
Console.WriteLine("Display the SIDs for the groups the current user belongs to.")
Dim irc As IdentityReferenceCollection
Dim ir As IdentityReference
irc = windowsIdentity.Groups
For Each ir In irc
    Console.WriteLine(ir.Value)
Next

// Display the SIDs for the groups the current user belongs to.
Console.WriteLine("Display the SIDs for the groups the current user belongs to.");
IdentityReferenceCollection irc = windowsIdentity.Groups;
foreach (IdentityReference ir in irc)
    Console.WriteLine(ir.Value);

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

Reference

WindowsIdentity Class

WindowsIdentity Members

System.Security.Principal Namespace