WindowsServiceCredential Class
Provides properties that describe the service credentials used for Windows authentication.
Assembly: System.ServiceModel (in System.ServiceModel.dll)
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | AllowAnonymousLogons | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether to allowanonymous users access (applies only to message-level security). |
![]() | IncludeWindowsGroups | Gets or sets a value that indicates whether the Windows groups that a client belongs to are included in the security context. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetHashCode() | Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetType() | |
![]() | ToString() | Returns a string that represents the current object.(Inherited from Object.) |
This class provides two settings.
You can use the AllowAnonymousLogons property to allow the anonymous logon of clients by setting it to true. You can then avoid disclosing the client's identity to the service by setting AllowedImpersonationLevel to Anonymous.
If the IncludeWindowsGroups property is set to true (the default setting), the service can determine the Windows groups to which the client belongs.
Available since 3.0
Any public static ( Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

