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WindowsSecurityToken Constructor (WindowsIdentity)

Initializes a new instance of the WindowsSecurityToken class using the Windows user.

Namespace:  System.IdentityModel.Tokens
Assembly:  System.IdentityModel (in System.IdentityModel.dll)

public:
WindowsSecurityToken(
	WindowsIdentity^ windowsIdentity
)

Parameters

windowsIdentity
Type: System.Security.Principal::WindowsIdentity
A WindowsIdentity that represents a Windows user.

ExceptionCondition
ArgumentNullException

windowsIdentity is nullptr.

This constructor creates a unique identifier for the WindowsSecurityToken security token and assigns that value to the Id property.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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