WindowsIdentity.Groups Property

Definition

Gets the groups the current Windows user belongs to.

C#
public System.Security.Principal.IdentityReferenceCollection? Groups { get; }
C#
public System.Security.Principal.IdentityReferenceCollection Groups { get; }

Property Value

An 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.

C#
// 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);

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Core 1.0, Core 1.1, 6, 7, 8, 9
.NET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
.NET Standard 2.0 (package-provided)
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5