When working with the Sitefinity CMS API, often developers need to interact with the currently authenticated user, whether to display data about him or to check if he belongs to a role. With the introduction of Claims authentication, this can be done using static methods in the ClaimsManager class.
NOTE: To learn more about claims authentication, visit the installation and administration guide, topic Overview: Authentication models.
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