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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:20:48+00:00

I have custom code inside of a SSRS report that needs to get the

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I have custom code inside of a SSRS report that needs to get the current user. e.g.

Dim myPrincipal As New System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal   
   (System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent())

I would have expected GetCurrent() to return the principal of the user that was accessing the report; however, it gives me the principal of “NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE”. Does anyone know how to get ReportServer to run as the user running the report? I checked both web.config, and they both indicate Windows Authentication and Impersonate=True.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Ok, I figured it out. I just used 

    System.Threading.Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity

    instead of 

    WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()

    This doesn’t work when I’m am previewing the report locally i.e. 

    Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity.Name //returns an empty string when previewing locally

    but it works fine after I deploy to a server.

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