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Martin
Martin

Reputation: 40365

How do I get the AD Display Name of the currently logged in user

Consider the following properties as set up in Active Directory for a user:

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In my winforms application I would like to show the Display Name of the user who is currently logged on and using the application. How would I go about retrieving this information?

Upvotes: 12

Views: 29793

Answers (2)

Lee
Lee

Reputation: 356

After hours of searching for the simplest way I finally came across this

System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.UserPrincipal.Current.DisplayName;

I wanted to get it out there for more people like me.

Upvotes: 12

marc_s
marc_s

Reputation: 755321

Since you're on .NET 4, you can use the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement (S.DS.AM) namespace. Read all about it here:

Basically, you can define a domain context and easily find users and/or groups in AD:

// set up domain context
PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain);

// find currently logged in user
UserPrincipal user = UserPrincipal.Current;

string displayName = user.DisplayName;

The new S.DS.AM makes it really easy to play around with users and groups in AD.

Upvotes: 28

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