Out of the box API to get Logged In user’s security role names in Dynamics 365 is finally there. Is the long wait finally over?

Checking for logged in user’s security role is a requirement I haven’t missed in any of my implementations so far. From enterprise implementations to projects spanning couple of months, this requirement I had everywhere. And as much crazy it may sound, until recently there was no way to get the security role names directly using client API. Even the unified interface introduced which unfortunately had the same perennial problem – we shall get a the GUID of the roles user is having and then we have to fire a query to the server side to get the role names.

Thankfully Microsoft have slipped in an update to get the role names. Since this one came without much publicity, it didn’t get the media attention it deserved. Microsoft have deprecated – s and instead suggested to use . Use the function to take the output as array.

As seen from the…