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Server.IsWindowsGroupMember Method

Verifies whether the specified Microsoft Windows user account is a member of the specified Windows group.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function IsWindowsGroupMember ( _
    windowsGroup As String, _
    windowsUser As String _
) As Boolean
'Usage
Dim instance As Server
Dim windowsGroup As String
Dim windowsUser As String
Dim returnValue As Boolean

returnValue = instance.IsWindowsGroupMember(windowsGroup, _
    windowsUser)

public bool IsWindowsGroupMember(
    string windowsGroup,
    string windowsUser
)

public:
bool IsWindowsGroupMember(
    String^ windowsGroup, 
    String^ windowsUser
)

member IsWindowsGroupMember : 
        windowsGroup:string * 
        windowsUser:string -> bool 

public function IsWindowsGroupMember(
    windowsGroup : String, 
    windowsUser : String
) : boolean

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value that specifies whether the Windows user account is a member of the Windows group.
If True, the Windows user account is a member of the Windows group.
If False, the Windows user account is not a member of the Windows group.

Examples

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server
'Verify whether a Windows user is a member of a Windows group.
Console.WriteLine(srv.IsWindowsGroupMember( _
"BUILTIN\Administrators", "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM").ToString)