Accessing User Data (Visual Basic)

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 (Visual Basic)
Get the user's domain name, if the application uses Windows authentication	How to: Determine the User's Domain (Visual Basic)
Determine the user's role	How to: Determine if a User is in a Group (Visual Basic)
Implement custom authentication	Walkthrough: Implementing Custom Authentication and Authorization (Visual Basic)