ASP.NET MVC, Entity Framework : Display Windows Username in _Layout

Question

I enabled Windows authentication in the web.config file but how can I display the current Active Directory authenticated user in the _Layout.cshtml page?

Keep in mind this is not .NET Core, it is .NET 4.7.1 using Entity Framework. I'm not trying to impersonate anyone. Everywhere I look on Google turns up only antiquated .NET 2.0 posts or .NET Core answers to this question and usually involves impersonation, none of which apply to this.

Right now I just have the standard default layout page. I tried adding:

@using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity

I haven't published this to IIS yet so that's out of the picture at the moment, but will be publishing it there in the near future.

Answer 1

Assuming you are using IISExpress in VS. Please refer to this blog regarding how to make win auth work on IISExpress.