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How to: Determine if a User is in a Group (Visual Basic)

You can use the My.User object to get information about the current user. This example shows how to use the My.User.IsInRole method to determine if the user is a member of a particular group.

Example

This example uses the My.User.IsInRole method to determine if the user is an administrator before accessing a resource.

If My.User.IsInRole( 
        ApplicationServices.BuiltInRole.Administrator) Then
    ' Insert code to access a resource here.
End If

See Also

Tasks

How to: Determine the User's Domain (Visual Basic)

Walkthrough: Implementing Custom Authentication and Authorization (Visual Basic)

Reference

IsInRole

Concepts

Accessing User Data (Visual Basic)