Accessing User Data

This section contains topics dealing with the My.User object and tasks that you can accomplish with it.

The My.User object provides access to information about the logged-on user by returning an object that implements the IPrincipal interface.

Tasks

To	See
Get the user's login name	How to: Determine a User's Login Name
Get the user's domain name, if the application uses Windows authentication	How to: Determine the User's Domain
Determine the user's role	How to: Determine if a User is in a Group
Implement custom authentication	Walkthrough: Implementing Custom Authentication and Authorization