diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserService.cs
index 7c6f9e3c59..64dfc8f601 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserService.cs
@@ -747,11 +747,24 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
                 var missingIds = nodeIds.Except(result.Select(x => x.EntityId));
                 foreach (var id in missingIds)
                 {
-                    result.Add(
-                        new EntityPermission(
-                            user.Id,
-                            id,
-                            user.DefaultPermissions.ToArray()));
+                    if (id == -1 && user.DefaultPermissions.Any() == false)
+                    {
+                        // exception to everything. If default cruds is empty and we're on root node; allow browse of root node
+                        result.Add(
+                            new EntityPermission(
+                                user.Id,
+                                id,
+                                user.DefaultPermissions.ToArray()));
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        //use the user's user type permissions
+                        result.Add(
+                           new EntityPermission(
+                               user.Id,
+                               id,
+                               user.DefaultPermissions.ToArray()));
+                    }                    
                 }
 
                 return result;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserServiceExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserServiceExtensions.cs
index afb679afa1..b78d66cbf5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserServiceExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Core/Services/UserServiceExtensions.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.Security;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
@@ -6,6 +7,18 @@ namespace Umbraco.Core.Services
 {
     internal static class UserServiceExtensions
     {
+        public static EntityPermission GetPermissions(this IUserService userService, IUser user, string path)
+        {
+            var ids = path.Split(new[] { ',' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
+                .Select(x => x.TryConvertTo<int>())
+                .Where(x => x.Success)
+                .Select(x => x.Result)
+                .ToArray();
+            if (ids.Length == 0) throw new InvalidOperationException("The path: " + path + " could not be parsed into an array of integers or the path was empty");
+
+            return userService.GetPermissions(user, ids[ids.Length - 1]).FirstOrDefault();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Remove all permissions for this user for all nodes specified
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Cache/PublishedCache/PublishedMediaCacheTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Cache/PublishedCache/PublishedMediaCacheTests.cs
index c2b4934de9..87aaa3d84a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Cache/PublishedCache/PublishedMediaCacheTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Cache/PublishedCache/PublishedMediaCacheTests.cs
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Cache.PublishedCache
         [Test]
 		public void Get_Root_Docs()
 		{
-			var user = new User(0);
-			var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
+            var user = ServiceContext.UserService.GetUserById(0);
+            var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
 			var mRoot1 = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot1", mType, user, -1);
 			var mRoot2 = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot2", mType, user, -1);
 			var mChild1 = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("Child1", mType, user, mRoot1.Id);
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Cache.PublishedCache
 		[Test]
 		public void Get_Item_Without_Examine()
 		{
-			var user = new User(0);
-			var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
+            var user = ServiceContext.UserService.GetUserById(0);
+            var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
 			var mRoot = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot", mType, user, -1);
 			var mChild1 = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("Child1", mType, user, mRoot.Id);
 			var publishedMedia = PublishedMediaTests.GetNode(mRoot.Id, GetUmbracoContext("/test", 1234));
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/PublishedMediaTests.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/PublishedMediaTests.cs
index 379832518a..ff59bac94a 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/PublishedMediaTests.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/PublishedContent/PublishedMediaTests.cs
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
         [Test]
         public void Children_Without_Examine()
         {
-            var user = new User(0);
+            var user = ServiceContext.UserService.GetUserById(0);
             var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
             var mRoot = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot", mType, user, -1);
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
         [Test]
         public void Descendants_Without_Examine()
         {
-            var user = new User(0);
+            var user = ServiceContext.UserService.GetUserById(0);
             var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
             var mRoot = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot", mType, user, -1);
 
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
         [Test]
         public void DescendantsOrSelf_Without_Examine()
         {
-            var user = new User(0);
+            var user = ServiceContext.UserService.GetUserById(0);
             var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
             var mRoot = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot", mType, user, -1);
 
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
         [Test]
         public void Parent_Without_Examine()
         {
-            var user = new User(0);
+            var user = ServiceContext.UserService.GetUserById(0);
             var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
             var mRoot = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot", mType, user, -1);
 
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
         [Test]
         public void Ancestors_Without_Examine()
         {
-            var user = new User(0);
+            var user = ServiceContext.UserService.GetUserById(0);
             var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
             var mRoot = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot", mType, user, -1);
 
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.PublishedContent
         [Test]
         public void AncestorsOrSelf_Without_Examine()
         {
-            var user = new User(0);
+            var user = ServiceContext.UserService.GetUserById(0);
             var mType = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.MediaType.MakeNew(user, "TestMediaType");
             var mRoot = global::umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media.MakeNew("MediaRoot", mType, user, -1);
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/ClientDependency.config b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/ClientDependency.config
index 2781de0795..0023483deb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/ClientDependency.config
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/config/ClientDependency.config
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ NOTES:
 * Compression/Combination/Minification is not enabled unless debug="false" is specified on the 'compiliation' element in the web.config
 * A new version will invalidate both client and server cache and create new persisted files
 --> 
-<clientDependency version="555578" fileDependencyExtensions=".js,.css" loggerType="Umbraco.Web.UI.CdfLogger, umbraco">
+<clientDependency version="162691750" fileDependencyExtensions=".js,.css" loggerType="Umbraco.Web.UI.CdfLogger, umbraco">
 
   <!-- 
     This section is used for Web Forms only, the enableCompositeFiles="true" is optional and by default is set to true.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/Create.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/Create.aspx.cs
index 3d25b32423..48a8a84208 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/Create.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/Create.aspx.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Umbraco
         {
             return LegacyDialogHandler.UserHasCreateAccess(
                 new HttpContextWrapper(Context),
-                UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser,
+                Security.CurrentUser,
                 nodeTypeAlias);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/create/User.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/create/User.ascx.cs
index 3193ddf85a..6364c9af9f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/create/User.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/create/User.ascx.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 using Umbraco.Core.Security;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Umbraco.Create
@@ -68,9 +69,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Umbraco.Create
 
         }
 
-        public global::umbraco.BusinessLogic.User CurrentUser
+        public IUser CurrentUser
         {
-            get { return UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser; }
+            get { return Security.CurrentUser; }
         }
 
         protected void EmailValidator_OnServerValidate(object source, ServerValidateEventArgs args)
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/developer/Macros/editMacro.aspx b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/developer/Macros/editMacro.aspx
index 28377098b0..baeb717848 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/developer/Macros/editMacro.aspx
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/developer/Macros/editMacro.aspx
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
                                 <%=Services.TextService.Localize("general/type")%>
                             </th>
                             <th>
-                                <%=umbraco.ui.Text("general", "sort",UmbracoUser)%>
+                                <%=Services.TextService.Localize("general/sort")%>
                             </th>
                             <th></th>
                         </tr>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/ChangeDocType.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/ChangeDocType.aspx.cs
index 4bb8b92b13..44db417dab 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/ChangeDocType.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/ChangeDocType.aspx.cs
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Umbraco.Dialogs
                 propertiesMappedMessageBuilder.Append("</ul>");
 
                 // Save
-                var user = global::umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.GetCurrent();
+                var user = Security.CurrentUser;
                 Services.ContentService.Save(_content, user.Id);
 
                 // Publish if the content was already published
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/viewAuditTrail.aspx b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/viewAuditTrail.aspx
index ba0636a95e..c3315841c5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/viewAuditTrail.aspx
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI/umbraco/dialogs/viewAuditTrail.aspx
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
                     </b>
                   </HeaderTemplate>
                   <ItemTemplate>
-                    <%# umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(int.Parse(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "UserId", "{0}"))).Name%>
+                    <%--TODO: N+1 !!!!!!!!!!!!--%>
+                    <%# Services.UserService.GetUserById(int.Parse(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "UserId", "{0}"))).Name%>
                   </ItemTemplate>
                 </asp:TemplateColumn>
                 <asp:TemplateColumn>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
index 9b906f249f..aaf99a0519 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/ContentController.cs
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
                 throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
             }
 
-            var emptyContent = Services.ContentService.CreateContent("", parentId, contentType.Alias, UmbracoUser.Id);
+            var emptyContent = Services.ContentService.CreateContent("", parentId, contentType.Alias, Security.GetUserId());
             var mapped = Mapper.Map<IContent, ContentItemDisplay>(emptyContent);
 
             //remove this tab if it exists: umbContainerView
@@ -576,8 +576,8 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
             if (Guid.TryParse(previewId, out id))
             {
                 var d = new Document(contentId);
-                var pc = new PreviewContent(UmbracoUser, id, false);
-                pc.PrepareDocument(UmbracoUser, d, true);
+                var pc = new PreviewContent(Security.CurrentUser, id, false);
+                pc.PrepareDocument(Security.CurrentUser, d, true);
                 pc.SavePreviewSet();
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/CurrentUserController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/CurrentUserController.cs
index 38a649e811..67bfd61fa6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/CurrentUserController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/CurrentUserController.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using Umbraco.Web.Models;
 using Umbraco.Web.Models.ContentEditing;
 using Umbraco.Web.Mvc;
 using Umbraco.Web.WebApi;
-using legacyUser = umbraco.BusinessLogic.User;
 using Constants = Umbraco.Core.Constants;
 
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/LegacyController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/LegacyController.cs
index 59218771e8..64f955d9fb 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/LegacyController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/LegacyController.cs
@@ -54,20 +54,20 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
                 //this is a hack check based on legacy
                 if (nodeType == "memberGroups")
                 {
-                    LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(httpContextAttempt.Result, UmbracoUser, nodeType, 0, alias);
+                    LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(httpContextAttempt.Result, Security.CurrentUser, nodeType, 0, alias);
                     return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
                 }
 
                 int id;
                 if (int.TryParse(nodeId, out id))
                 {
-                    LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(httpContextAttempt.Result, UmbracoUser, nodeType, id, alias);
+                    LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(httpContextAttempt.Result, Security.CurrentUser, nodeType, id, alias);
                     return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
                 }
 
                 //the way this legacy stuff used to work is that if the node id didn't parse, we would     
                 //pass the node id as the alias with an id of zero = sure whatevs.
-                LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(httpContextAttempt.Result, UmbracoUser, nodeType, 0, nodeId);
+                LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(httpContextAttempt.Result, Security.CurrentUser, nodeType, 0, nodeId);
                 return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/MediaController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/MediaController.cs
index de6e508eef..05f15b4250 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/MediaController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/MediaController.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
                 throw new HttpResponseException(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
             }
 
-            var emptyContent = Services.MediaService.CreateMedia("", parentId, contentType.Alias, UmbracoUser.Id);
+            var emptyContent = Services.MediaService.CreateMedia("", parentId, contentType.Alias, Security.GetUserId());
             var mapped = Mapper.Map<IMedia, MediaItemDisplay>(emptyContent);
 
             //remove this tab if it exists: umbContainerView
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/SectionController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/SectionController.cs
index a4bb0d9384..fa876759ab 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/SectionController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Editors/SectionController.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Editors
     {
         public IEnumerable<Section> GetSections()
         {
-            var sections =  Services.SectionService.GetAllowedSections(UmbracoUser.Id);
+            var sections =  Services.SectionService.GetAllowedSections(Security.GetUserId());
             return sections.Select(Mapper.Map<Core.Models.Section, Section>);
         } 
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/LegacyActions/Action.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/LegacyActions/Action.cs
index fd538d742a..c0403429e7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/LegacyActions/Action.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/LegacyActions/Action.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using umbraco.interfaces;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using TypeFinder = Umbraco.Core.TypeFinder;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions
@@ -145,6 +146,23 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions
             return new ArrayList(ActionsResolver.Current.Actions.ToList());
         }
 
+        internal static List<IAction> FromEntityPermission(EntityPermission entityPermission)
+        {
+            List<IAction> list = new List<IAction>();
+            foreach (var c in entityPermission.AssignedPermissions.Where(x => x.Length == 1).Select(x => x.ToCharArray()[0]))
+            {
+                IAction action = ActionsResolver.Current.Actions.ToList().Find(
+                    delegate (IAction a)
+                    {
+                        return a.Letter == c;
+                    }
+                );
+                if (action != null)
+                    list.Add(action);
+            }
+            return list;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// This method will return a list of IAction's based on a string list. Each character in the list may represent
         /// an IAction. This will associate any found IActions based on the Letter property of the IAction with the character being referenced.
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/UmbracoAuthorizedController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/UmbracoAuthorizedController.cs
index a70bc47cb9..087a635a74 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/UmbracoAuthorizedController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Mvc/UmbracoAuthorizedController.cs
@@ -21,24 +21,5 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Mvc
     public abstract class UmbracoAuthorizedController : UmbracoController
 	{
 
-        private bool _userisValidated = false;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the currently logged in Umbraco User
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("This should no longer be used since it returns the legacy user object, use The Security.CurrentUser instead to return the proper user object")]
-        protected User UmbracoUser
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (!_userisValidated)
-                {
-                    Security.ValidateCurrentUser();
-                    _userisValidated = true;
-                }
-                return new User(Security.CurrentUser);
-            }
-        }
-
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/NotificationServiceExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/NotificationServiceExtensions.cs
index ad75fb2c0d..57d59c1fbe 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/NotificationServiceExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/NotificationServiceExtensions.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web
 {
-    //NOTE: all of these require an UmbracoContext because currently to send the notifications we need an HttpContext, this is based on legacy code
+    //TODO: all of these require an UmbracoContext because currently to send the notifications we need an HttpContext, this is based on legacy code
     // for which probably requires updating so that these can be sent outside of the http context.
 
     internal static class NotificationServiceExtensions
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/XmlPublishedCache/PublishedContentCache.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/XmlPublishedCache/PublishedContentCache.cs
index 182efd54db..a43c734949 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/XmlPublishedCache/PublishedContentCache.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/PublishedCache/XmlPublishedCache/PublishedContentCache.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.PublishedCache.XmlPublishedCache
                 {
                     var previewContent = PreviewContentCache.GetOrCreateValue(context); // will use the ctor with no parameters
                     var previewVal = HttpContext.Current.Request.GetPreviewCookieValue();
-                    previewContent.EnsureInitialized(context.UmbracoUser, previewVal, true, () =>
+                    previewContent.EnsureInitialized(context.Security.CurrentUser, previewVal, true, () =>
                     {
                         if (previewContent.ValidPreviewSet)
                             previewContent.LoadPreviewset();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/WebSecurity.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/WebSecurity.cs
index 997383c254..e50bd5a0bd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/WebSecurity.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Security/WebSecurity.cs
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ using System.Web;
 using System.Web.Security;
 using AutoMapper;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Core.Security;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.Owin;
 using Microsoft.Owin;
 using GlobalSettings = Umbraco.Core.Configuration.GlobalSettings;
-using User = umbraco.BusinessLogic.User;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.Security
 {
@@ -274,14 +274,18 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Security
         /// <param name="path">The path.</param>
         /// <param name="action">The action.</param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        internal bool ValidateUserNodeTreePermissions(User umbracoUser, string path, string action)
+        internal bool ValidateUserNodeTreePermissions(IUser umbracoUser, string path, string action)
         {
-            var permissions = umbracoUser.GetPermissions(path);
-            if (permissions.IndexOf(action, StringComparison.Ordinal) > -1 && (path.Contains("-20") || ("," + path + ",").Contains("," + umbracoUser.StartNodeId + ",")))
+            
+            //we only want permissions for the last node in the pat
+            var permission = _applicationContext.Services.UserService.GetPermissions(umbracoUser, path);
+            if (permission == null) throw new InvalidOperationException("No permissions found");
+
+            if (permission.AssignedPermissions.Contains(action, StringComparer.Ordinal) && (path.Contains("-20") || ("," + path + ",").Contains("," + umbracoUser.StartContentId + ",")))
                 return true;
 
             var user = umbracoUser;
-            LogHelper.Info<WebSecurity>("User {0} has insufficient permissions in UmbracoEnsuredPage: '{1}', '{2}', '{3}'", () => user.Name, () => path, () => permissions, () => action);
+            LogHelper.Info<WebSecurity>("User {0} has insufficient permissions in UmbracoEnsuredPage: '{1}', '{2}', '{3}'", () => user.Name, () => path, () => string.Join(",", permission.AssignedPermissions), () => action);
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -414,12 +418,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Security
             return apps.Any(uApp => uApp.InvariantEquals(app));
         }
 
-        [Obsolete("Do not use this method if you don't have to, use the overload with IUser instead")]
-        internal bool UserHasAppAccess(string app, User user)
-        {
-            return user.Applications.Any(uApp => uApp.alias == app);
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// Checks if the specified user by username as access to the app
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
index c97c599c1d..352ecd570c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeController.cs
@@ -123,10 +123,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
                 menu.DefaultMenuAlias = ActionNew.Instance.Alias;
 
                 // we need to get the default permissions as you can't set permissions on the very root node
-                //TODO: Use the new services to get permissions
-                var nodeActions = global::Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions.Action.FromString(
-                    UmbracoUser.GetPermissions(Constants.System.Root.ToInvariantString()))
-                                        .Select(x => new MenuItem(x));
+                var permission = Services.UserService.GetPermissions(Security.CurrentUser, Constants.System.Root).First();
+                var nodeActions = global::Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions.Action.FromEntityPermission(permission)
+                    .Select(x => new MenuItem(x));
 
                 //these two are the standard items
                 menu.Items.Add<ActionNew>(Services.TextService.Localize("actions", ActionNew.Instance.Alias));
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
index b273a162bb..b5ce66bdf8 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Trees/ContentTreeControllerBase.cs
@@ -267,10 +267,11 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Trees
 
         internal IEnumerable<MenuItem> GetAllowedUserMenuItemsForNode(IUmbracoEntity dd)
         {
-            var actions = global::Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions.Action.FromString(UmbracoUser.GetPermissions(dd.Path));
+            var permission = Services.UserService.GetPermissions(Security.CurrentUser, dd.Path);
+            var actions = global::Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions.Action.FromEntityPermission(permission);
 
             // A user is allowed to delete their own stuff
-            if (dd.CreatorId == UmbracoUser.Id && actions.Contains(ActionDelete.Instance) == false)
+            if (dd.CreatorId == Security.CurrentUser.Id && actions.Contains(ActionDelete.Instance) == false)
                 actions.Add(ActionDelete.Instance);
 
             return actions.Select(x => new MenuItem(x));
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/LegacyDialogHandler.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/LegacyDialogHandler.cs
index 29465aa95e..537d2577d4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/LegacyDialogHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/LegacyDialogHandler.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ using System.Web;
 using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
 {
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
         /// <remarks>
         /// This will first check if we've already created the ITask in the current Http request
         /// </remarks>
-        private static ITask GetTaskForOperation(HttpContextBase httpContext, User umbracoUser, Operation op, string nodeType)
+        private static ITask GetTaskForOperation(HttpContextBase httpContext, IUser umbracoUser, Operation op, string nodeType)
         {
             if (httpContext == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("httpContext");
             if (umbracoUser == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("umbracoUser");
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
         /// 
         /// TODO: Create an API to assign a nodeType to an app so developers can manually secure it
         /// </remarks>
-        internal static bool UserHasCreateAccess(HttpContextBase httpContext, User umbracoUser, string nodeType)
+        internal static bool UserHasCreateAccess(HttpContextBase httpContext, IUser umbracoUser, string nodeType)
         {
             var task = GetTaskForOperation(httpContext, umbracoUser, Operation.Create, nodeType);
             var dialogTask = task as LegacyDialogTask;
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
         /// 
         /// TODO: Create an API to assign a nodeType to an app so developers can manually secure it
         /// </remarks>
-        internal static bool UserHasDeleteAccess(HttpContextBase httpContext, User umbracoUser, string nodeType)
+        internal static bool UserHasDeleteAccess(HttpContextBase httpContext, IUser umbracoUser, string nodeType)
         {
             var task = GetTaskForOperation(httpContext, umbracoUser, Operation.Delete, nodeType);
             var dialogTask = task as LegacyDialogTask;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
             return true;
         }
 
-        public static void Delete(HttpContextBase httpContext, User umbracoUser, string nodeType, int nodeId, string text)
+        public static void Delete(HttpContextBase httpContext, IUser umbracoUser, string nodeType, int nodeId, string text)
         {
             var typeInstance = GetTaskForOperation(httpContext, umbracoUser, Operation.Delete, nodeType);
             
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
             typeInstance.Delete();
         }
 
-        public static string Create(HttpContextBase httpContext, User umbracoUser, string nodeType, int nodeId, string text, int typeId = 0)
+        public static string Create(HttpContextBase httpContext, IUser umbracoUser, string nodeType, int nodeId, string text, int typeId = 0)
         {
             var typeInstance = GetTaskForOperation(httpContext, umbracoUser, Operation.Create, nodeType);
             
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
                 : "";
         }
 
-        internal static string Create(HttpContextBase httpContext, User umbracoUser, string nodeType, int nodeId, string text, IDictionary<string, object> additionalValues, int typeId = 0)
+        internal static string Create(HttpContextBase httpContext, IUser umbracoUser, string nodeType, int nodeId, string text, IDictionary<string, object> additionalValues, int typeId = 0)
         {
             var typeInstance = GetTaskForOperation(httpContext, umbracoUser, Operation.Create, nodeType);
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/LegacyDialogTask.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/LegacyDialogTask.cs
index 63a365872b..8f1b33bfd6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/LegacyDialogTask.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/LegacyDialogTask.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Security.Authentication;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
 {
@@ -63,14 +64,14 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
         /// <remarks>
         /// accessible by inheritors but can only be set internally
         /// </remarks>
-        protected internal User User { get; internal set; }
+        protected internal IUser User { get; internal set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Implemented explicitly as we don't want to expose this
         /// </summary>
         int ITask.UserId
         {
-            set { User = User.GetUser(value); }
+            set { User = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(value); }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI
             if (User == null)
                 throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot authenticate, no User object assigned");
 
-            return User.Applications.Any(app => app.alias.InvariantEquals(AssignedApp));
+            return User.AllowedSections.Any(app => app.InvariantEquals(AssignedApp));
         }
 
         public abstract string ReturnUrl { get; }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Pages/UmbracoEnsuredPage.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Pages/UmbracoEnsuredPage.cs
index 881031306d..93810fd7f7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Pages/UmbracoEnsuredPage.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UI/Pages/UmbracoEnsuredPage.cs
@@ -88,26 +88,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.UI.Pages
         /// If true then umbraco will force any window/frame to reload umbraco in the main window
         /// </summary>
         protected bool RedirectToUmbraco { get; set; }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the current user
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("This should no longer be used since it returns the legacy user object, use The Security.CurrentUser instead to return the proper user object")]
-        protected User UmbracoUser
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                //throw exceptions if not valid (true)
-                if (!_hasValidated)
-                {
-                    Security.ValidateCurrentUser(true);
-                    _hasValidated = true;
-                }
-                
-                return new User(Security.CurrentUser);
-            }
-        }
-        
+      
         /// <summary>
         /// Used to assign a webforms page's security to a specific tree which will in turn check to see
         /// if the current user has access to the specified tree's registered section
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs
index 91c94e0ac0..e657583719 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/UmbracoContext.cs
@@ -434,22 +434,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web
                 }
             }
         }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the current logged in Umbraco user (editor).
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The Umbraco user object or null</value>
-        [Obsolete("This should no longer be used since it returns the legacy user object, use The Security.CurrentUser instead to return the proper user object")]
-        public User UmbracoUser
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                var user = Security.CurrentUser;
-                return user == null ? null : new User(user);
-            }
-
-        }
-
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Determines whether the current user is in a preview mode and browsing the site (ie. not in the admin UI)
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebApi/UmbracoAuthorizedApiController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebApi/UmbracoAuthorizedApiController.cs
index 924ec8bd2e..f73b7f2314 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebApi/UmbracoAuthorizedApiController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebApi/UmbracoAuthorizedApiController.cs
@@ -31,27 +31,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebApi
         protected UmbracoAuthorizedApiController(UmbracoContext umbracoContext, UmbracoHelper umbracoHelper) : base(umbracoContext, umbracoHelper)
         {
         }
-
-        private bool _userisValidated = false;
         
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the currently logged in Umbraco User
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("This should no longer be used since it returns the legacy user object, use The Security.CurrentUser instead to return the proper user object, or Security.GetUserId() if you want to just get the user id")]
-        protected User UmbracoUser
-        {
-            get
-            {                
-                //throw exceptions if not valid (true)
-                if (!_userisValidated)
-                {
-                    Security.ValidateCurrentUser(true);
-                    _userisValidated = true;
-                }
-
-                return new User(Security.CurrentUser);
-            }
-        }
-
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/DomainsApiController.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/DomainsApiController.cs
index cc0b3f8dd2..30927d1e96 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/DomainsApiController.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/DomainsApiController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
@@ -7,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Web.Http;
 using System.Web.Services.Description;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Web.Routing;
 using Umbraco.Web.WebApi;
@@ -38,7 +40,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
                 throw new HttpResponseException(response);
             }
 
-            if (UmbracoUser.GetPermissions(node.Path).Contains(ActionAssignDomain.Instance.Letter) == false)
+            var permission = Services.UserService.GetPermissions(Security.CurrentUser, node.Path);
+
+            if (permission.AssignedPermissions.Contains(ActionAssignDomain.Instance.Letter.ToString(), StringComparer.Ordinal) == false)
             {
                 var response = Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.BadRequest);
                 response.Content = new StringContent("You do not have permission to assign domains on that node.");
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/EmbedMediaService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/EmbedMediaService.cs
index 60f9c0ff55..0dca449881 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/EmbedMediaService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/EmbedMediaService.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
 using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.Media;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
 {
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
     {
         public static string Embed()
         {
-            var currentUser = User.GetCurrent();
+            var currentUser = UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser;
 
             if (currentUser == null)
                 throw new UnauthorizedAccessException("You must be logged in to use this service");
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/UmbracoAuthorizedHttpHandler.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/UmbracoAuthorizedHttpHandler.cs
index 79a5af8bf5..92044a21fc 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/UmbracoAuthorizedHttpHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/UmbracoAuthorizedHttpHandler.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 using System.Security;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Web.Security;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
 {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            var hasAccess = UserHasAppAccess(app, UmbracoUser);
+            var hasAccess = UserHasAppAccess(app, Security.CurrentUser);
             if (!hasAccess && throwExceptions)
                 throw new SecurityException("The user does not have access to the required application");
             return hasAccess;
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
         /// <param name="app"></param>
         /// <param name="user"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        protected bool UserHasAppAccess(string app, User user)
+        protected bool UserHasAppAccess(string app, IUser user)
         {
             return Security.UserHasAppAccess(app, user);
         }
@@ -96,22 +96,6 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
             return result == ValidateRequestAttempt.Success;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the current user
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("This should no longer be used since it returns the legacy user object, use The Security.CurrentUser instead to return the proper user object")]
-        protected User UmbracoUser
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (!_hasValidated)
-                {
-                    Security.ValidateCurrentUser();
-                    _hasValidated = true;
-                }
-                return new User(Security.CurrentUser);
-            }
-        }
 
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/UmbracoAuthorizedWebService.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/UmbracoAuthorizedWebService.cs
index f73a20dd11..a71b91be62 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/UmbracoAuthorizedWebService.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/WebServices/UmbracoAuthorizedWebService.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 using System;
 using System.Security;
 using Umbraco.Web.Security;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
 {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
             {
                 return true;
             }
-            var hasAccess = UserHasAppAccess(app, UmbracoUser);
+            var hasAccess = UserHasAppAccess(app, Security.CurrentUser);
             if (!hasAccess && throwExceptions)
                 throw new SecurityException("The user does not have access to the required application");
             return hasAccess;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
         /// <param name="app"></param>
         /// <param name="user"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        protected bool UserHasAppAccess(string app, User user)
+        protected bool UserHasAppAccess(string app, IUser user)
         {
             return Security.UserHasAppAccess(app, user);
         }
@@ -99,22 +99,5 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.WebServices
             return result == ValidateRequestAttempt.Success;
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns the current user
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("This should no longer be used since it returns the legacy user object, use The Security.CurrentUser instead to return the proper user object")]
-        protected User UmbracoUser
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (!_hasValidated)
-                {
-                    Security.ValidateCurrentUser();
-                    _hasValidated = true;
-                }
-                return new User(Security.CurrentUser);
-            }
-        }
-
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/UserPermissions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/UserPermissions.cs
index a6d94a07cd..e25496c3b6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/UserPermissions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/UserPermissions.cs
@@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.Trees
 
         public override void Render(ref XmlTree tree)
         {
-            foreach (umbraco.BusinessLogic.User user in umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.getAll())
+            int totalusers;
+            foreach (var user in Services.UserService.GetAll(0, int.MaxValue, out totalusers))
             {
-                if (user.Id > 0 && !user.Disabled)
+                if (user.Id > 0 && user.IsApproved)
                 {
                     XmlTreeNode node = XmlTreeNode.Create(this);
                     node.NodeID = user.Id.ToString();
                     node.Text = user.Name;
-                    node.Action = "javascript:openUserPermissions('" + user.Id.ToString() + "');";
+                    node.Action = "javascript:openUserPermissions('" + user.Id + "');";
                     node.Icon = "icon-users";
 
                     OnBeforeNodeRender(ref tree, ref node, EventArgs.Empty);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/loadTranslationTasks.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/loadTranslationTasks.cs
index fea5e51cfd..dd49b5f500 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/loadTranslationTasks.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/loadTranslationTasks.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.task;
 
 using umbraco.interfaces;
 using umbraco.cms.presentation.Trees;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
+using Umbraco.Web;
 using Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions;
 
 namespace umbraco {
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ namespace umbraco {
         public loadOpenTasks(string application) : base(application) { }
 
         protected override void CreateRootNode(ref XmlTreeNode rootNode) {
-            rootNode.Action = "javascript:openTranslationOverview(" + currentUser().Id + ",'open');";
+            rootNode.Action = "javascript:openTranslationOverview(" + CurrentUser().Id + ",'open');";
             rootNode.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/assignedTasks");
         }
 
@@ -35,11 +36,13 @@ namespace umbraco {
                     ");     
         }
 
-        private User currentUser() {
-            return User.GetCurrent();
+        private IUser CurrentUser()
+        {
+            return UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser;
         }
+
         public override void Render(ref XmlTree tree) {
-            foreach (Task t in Task.GetTasks(currentUser(), false)) {
+            foreach (Task t in Task.GetTasks(CurrentUser(), false)) {
                 
                 if (t.Type.Alias == "toTranslate") {
                     XmlTreeNode xNode = XmlTreeNode.Create(this);
@@ -69,7 +72,7 @@ namespace umbraco {
         public loadYourTasks(string application) : base(application) { }
 
         protected override void CreateRootNode(ref XmlTreeNode rootNode) {
-            rootNode.Action = "javascript:openTranslationOverview(" + currentUser().Id + ", 'owned');";
+            rootNode.Action = "javascript:openTranslationOverview(" + CurrentUser().Id + ", 'owned');";
             rootNode.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/ownedTasks");
         }
 
@@ -85,13 +88,13 @@ namespace umbraco {
                     }");
         }
 
-        private User currentUser()
+        private IUser CurrentUser()
         {
-            return User.GetCurrent();
+            return UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser;
         }
 
         public override void Render(ref XmlTree tree) {
-            foreach (Task t in Task.GetOwnedTasks(currentUser(), false)) {
+            foreach (Task t in Task.GetOwnedTasks(CurrentUser(), false)) {
 
                 if (t.Type.Alias == "toTranslate") {
                     XmlTreeNode xNode = XmlTreeNode.Create(this);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/loadUsers.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/loadUsers.cs
index cb153ae14d..566c33e22d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/loadUsers.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/Trees/loadUsers.cs
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Text;
 using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
 using umbraco.cms.presentation.Trees;
 using System.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Web;
 using Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions;
 using Umbraco.Web.Trees;
@@ -48,15 +49,16 @@ function openUser(id) {
 
         public override void Render(ref XmlTree tree)
         {
-            var users = new List<User>(User.getAll());
+            int totalusers;
+            var users = new List<IUser>(Services.UserService.GetAll(0, int.MaxValue, out totalusers));
 
-            User currUser = UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser;
+            var currUser = UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser;
 
             bool currUserIsAdmin = currUser.IsAdmin();
-            foreach (User u in users.OrderBy(x => x.Disabled))
+            foreach (var u in users.OrderBy(x => x.IsApproved == false))
             {
-                if (!UmbracoConfig.For.UmbracoSettings().Security.HideDisabledUsersInBackoffice
-                    || (UmbracoConfig.For.UmbracoSettings().Security.HideDisabledUsersInBackoffice && !u.Disabled))
+                if (UmbracoConfig.For.UmbracoSettings().Security.HideDisabledUsersInBackoffice == false
+                    || (UmbracoConfig.For.UmbracoSettings().Security.HideDisabledUsersInBackoffice && u.IsApproved))
                 {
 
                     XmlTreeNode xNode = XmlTreeNode.Create(this);
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ function openUser(id) {
                     xNode.Icon = "icon-user";
                     xNode.OpenIcon = "icon-user";
 
-                    if (u.Disabled) {
+                    if (u.IsApproved == false) {
                         xNode.Style.DimNode();
                     }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/actions/delete.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/actions/delete.aspx.cs
index d447107acb..54706f4d4b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/actions/delete.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/actions/delete.aspx.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.actions
 
             if (Security.ValidateUserApp(Constants.Applications.Content) == false)
                 throw new ArgumentException("The current user doesn't have access to this application. Please contact the system administrator.");
-            if (Security.ValidateUserNodeTreePermissions(UmbracoUser, d.Path, "D") == false)
+            if (Security.ValidateUserNodeTreePermissions(Security.CurrentUser, d.Path, "D") == false)
                 throw new ArgumentException("The current user doesn't have permissions to delete this document. Please contact the system administrator.");
             
             pane_delete.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("delete") + " '" + d.Text + "'";
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/XsltTasks.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/XsltTasks.cs
index 46435dfd24..ecff3e7a2f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/XsltTasks.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/XsltTasks.cs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ namespace umbraco
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                LogHelper.Error<XsltTasks>(string.Format("Could not remove XSLT file {0} - User {1}", Alias, UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser.Id), ex);
+                LogHelper.Error<XsltTasks>(string.Format("Could not remove XSLT file {0} - User {1}", Alias, UmbracoContext.Current.Security.GetUserId()), ex);
             }
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/dialogHandler_temp.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/dialogHandler_temp.cs
index 17adb83f83..fd21e6d2c7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/dialogHandler_temp.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/dialogHandler_temp.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.create
         {
             LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(
                 new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current),
-                UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser,
+                UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser,
                 NodeType, NodeId, Text);
         }
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.create
         {
             return LegacyDialogHandler.Create(
                 new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current),
-                UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser,
+                UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser,
                 NodeType, NodeId, Text, TypeId);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/language.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/language.ascx.cs
index d9737c3f39..bf08d6a631 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/language.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/language.ascx.cs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.create.controls
         {
             LegacyDialogHandler.Create(
                 new HttpContextWrapper(Context),
-                UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser,
+                Security.CurrentUser,
                 Request.GetItemAsString("nodeType"),
                 -1,
                 Cultures.SelectedValue);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/script.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/script.ascx.cs
index 89bfa8a211..b8921bbe89 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/script.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/script.ascx.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.umbraco.create
 			{
                 string returnUrl = LegacyDialogHandler.Create(
                     new HttpContextWrapper(Context),
-                    UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser,
+                    Security.CurrentUser,
                     Request.GetItemAsString("nodeType"),
 					createFolder,
                     rename.Text + '\u00A4' + scriptType.SelectedValue);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/simple.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/simple.ascx.cs
index 61d752e739..17a708390f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/simple.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/simple.ascx.cs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.create.controls
 
                     var returnUrl = LegacyDialogHandler.Create(
                         new HttpContextWrapper(Context),
-                        new User(Security.CurrentUser),
+                        Security.CurrentUser,
                         Request.GetItemAsString("nodeType"),
                             nodeId,
                             rename.Text.Trim(),
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/userTasks.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/userTasks.cs
index 088bb29163..8f5cf57c2d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/userTasks.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/userTasks.cs
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ namespace umbraco
 
         public override bool PerformDelete()
         {
-            var u = User.GetUser(ParentID);
-            u.disable();
+            var u = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(ParentID);
+            u.IsApproved = false;
+            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(u);
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/xslt.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/xslt.ascx.cs
index 71fde33a17..05f1e47aa9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/xslt.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/xslt.ascx.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.create
 
                 var returnUrl = LegacyDialogHandler.Create(
                     new HttpContextWrapper(Context),
-                    UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser,
+                    Security.CurrentUser,
                     Request.GetItemAsString("nodeType"),
                     createMacroVal,
                     xsltName + "|||" + rename.Text);
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/developer/Packages/installedPackage.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/developer/Packages/installedPackage.aspx.cs
index fc368ef351..10657da45c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/developer/Packages/installedPackage.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/developer/Packages/installedPackage.aspx.cs
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.developer.packages
 
         protected void delPack(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
-            _pack.Delete(UmbracoUser.Id);
+            _pack.Delete(Security.CurrentUser.Id);
             pane_uninstalled.Visible = true;
             pane_uninstall.Visible = false;
         }
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.developer.packages
                         var found = ApplicationContext.Services.FileService.GetTemplate(nId);
                         if (found != null)
                         {
-                            ApplicationContext.Services.FileService.DeleteTemplate(found.Alias, UmbracoUser.Id);
+                            ApplicationContext.Services.FileService.DeleteTemplate(found.Alias, Security.CurrentUser.Id);
                         }
                         _pack.Data.Templates.Remove(nId.ToString());
                     }
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.developer.packages
                     }
                 }
                 _pack.Save();
-                _pack.Delete(UmbracoUser.Id);
+                _pack.Delete(Security.CurrentUser.Id);
 
                 pane_uninstalled.Visible = true;
                 pane_uninstall.Visible = false;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/developer/Packages/installer.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/developer/Packages/installer.aspx.cs
index b92cffe455..73f8e73e29 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/developer/Packages/installer.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/developer/Packages/installer.aspx.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.developer.packages
         public Installer()
         {
             CurrentApp = Constants.Applications.Developer.ToString();
-            _installer = new cms.businesslogic.packager.Installer(UmbracoUser.Id);
+            _installer = new cms.businesslogic.packager.Installer(Security.CurrentUser.Id);
         }
 
         private Control _configControl;
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.developer.packages
                     if (!pack.Protected)
                     {
                         //if it isn't then go straigt to the accept licens screen
-                        tempFile.Value = _installer.Import(_repo.fetch(Request.GetItemAsString("guid"), UmbracoUser.Id));
+                        tempFile.Value = _installer.Import(_repo.fetch(Request.GetItemAsString("guid"), Security.CurrentUser.Id));
                         UpdateSettings();
 
                     }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/AssignDomain2.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/AssignDomain2.aspx.cs
index d4f8636d5f..5603608738 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/AssignDomain2.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/AssignDomain2.aspx.cs
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
                 return;
             }
 
-            if (UmbracoUser.GetPermissions(node.Path).Contains(ActionAssignDomain.Instance.Letter) == false)
+            var permissions = Services.UserService.GetPermissions(Security.CurrentUser, node.Path);
+            if (permissions.AssignedPermissions.Contains(ActionAssignDomain.Instance.Letter.ToString(), StringComparer.Ordinal) == false)
             {
                 feedback.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("assignDomain/permissionDenied");
                 pane_language.Visible = false;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/Preview.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/Preview.aspx.cs
index 325bca27bb..fc91d973c4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/Preview.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/Preview.aspx.cs
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.dialogs
         protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             var d = new Document(Request.GetItemAs<int>("id"));
-            var pc = new PreviewContent(UmbracoUser, Guid.NewGuid(), false);
-            pc.PrepareDocument(UmbracoUser, d, true);
+            var pc = new PreviewContent(Security.CurrentUser, Guid.NewGuid(), false);
+            pc.PrepareDocument(Security.CurrentUser, d, true);
             pc.SavePreviewSet();
             docLit.Text = d.Text;
             changeSetUrl.Text = pc.PreviewsetPath;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/create.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/create.aspx.cs
index fd5f5af9c5..61e902acf7 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/create.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/create.aspx.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.UI;
@@ -89,8 +90,8 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
 
         private bool CheckCreatePermissions(int nodeId)
         {
-            return UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser.GetPermissions(new CMSNode(nodeId).Path)
-                .Contains(ActionNew.Instance.Letter.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
+            var permission = Services.UserService.GetPermissions(Security.CurrentUser, new CMSNode(nodeId).Path);
+            return permission.AssignedPermissions.Contains(ActionNew.Instance.Letter.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), StringComparer.Ordinal);
         }
 
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/cruds.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/cruds.aspx.cs
index e54902712a..376c77163c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/cruds.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/cruds.aspx.cs
@@ -61,11 +61,12 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
             }
 
             ht.Rows.Add(names);
-            
-            foreach (var u in BusinessLogic.User.getAll())
+
+            int totalUsers;
+            foreach (var u in Services.UserService.GetAll(0, int.MaxValue, out totalUsers))
             {
                 // Not disabled users and not system account
-                if (u.Disabled == false && u.Id > 0)
+                if (u.IsApproved && u.Id > 0)
                 {
                     var hc = new HtmlTableCell("th")
                         {
@@ -85,7 +86,9 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
 
                         if (a.CanBePermissionAssigned == false) continue;
 
-                        if (u.GetPermissions(_node.Path).IndexOf(a.Letter) > -1)
+                        var permission = Services.UserService.GetPermissions(u, _node.Path);
+
+                        if (permission.AssignedPermissions.Contains(a.Letter.ToString(), StringComparer.Ordinal))
                         {
                             chk.Checked = true;
                         }
@@ -113,9 +116,10 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
         {
             //get non disabled, non admin users and project to a dictionary, 
             // the string (value) portion will store the array of chars = their permissions
-            var usersPermissions = BusinessLogic.User.getAll()
-                                                .Where(user => user.Disabled == false && user.Id > 0)
-                                                .ToDictionary(user => user, user => "");
+            int totalUsers;
+            var usersPermissions = Services.UserService.GetAll(0, int.MaxValue, out totalUsers)
+                .Where(user => user.IsApproved && user.Id > 0)
+                .ToDictionary(user => user, user => "");
             
             //iterate over each row which equals:
             // * a certain permission and the user's who will be allowed/denied that permission
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/moveOrCopy.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/moveOrCopy.aspx.cs
index 43860aeb03..a0f201aa8c 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/moveOrCopy.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/moveOrCopy.aspx.cs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
         /// </remarks>
         private bool CheckPermissions(IContentBase node, IAction currentAction)
         {
-            var currUserPermissions = new UserPermissions(UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser);
+            var currUserPermissions = new UserPermissions(Security.CurrentUser);
             var lstCurrUserActions = currUserPermissions.GetExistingNodePermission(node.Id);
 
             return lstCurrUserActions.Contains(currentAction);
@@ -283,14 +283,14 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
                         {
                             var doc = (IContent)currContent;
                             var copyToId = Request.GetItemAs<int>("copyTo");
-                            Services.ContentService.Move(doc, copyToId, UmbracoUser.Id);
+                            Services.ContentService.Move(doc, copyToId, Security.CurrentUser.Id);
 
                         }
                         else
                         {
                             var media = (IMedia)currContent;
                             var copyToId = Request.GetItemAs<int>("copyTo");
-                            Services.MediaService.Move(media, copyToId, UmbracoUser.Id);
+                            Services.MediaService.Move(media, copyToId, Security.CurrentUser.Id);
                         }
 
                         feedback.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("moveOrCopy/moveDone", nodes) + "</p><p><a href='#' onclick='" + ClientTools.Scripts.CloseModalWindow() + "'>" + Services.TextService.Localize("closeThisWindow") + "</a>";
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
                         //NOTE: We ONLY support Copy on content not media for some reason.
                         
                         var newContent = (IContent)currContent;
-                        Services.ContentService.Copy(newContent, Request.GetItemAs<int>("copyTo"), RelateDocuments.Checked, UmbracoUser.Id);
+                        Services.ContentService.Copy(newContent, Request.GetItemAs<int>("copyTo"), RelateDocuments.Checked, Security.CurrentUser.Id);
 
                         feedback.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("moveOrCopy/copyDone", nodes) + "</p><p><a href='#' onclick='" + ClientTools.Scripts.CloseModalWindow() + "'>" + Services.TextService.Localize("closeThisWindow") + "</a>";
                         feedback.type = uicontrols.Feedback.feedbacktype.success;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/notifications.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/notifications.aspx.cs
index 2ed459ecea..07251a700d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/notifications.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/notifications.aspx.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.UI;
 using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
 using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
@@ -54,8 +55,9 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
                    
                     CheckBox c = new CheckBox();
                     c.ID = a.Letter.ToString();
-                    
-                    if (UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser.GetNotifications(node.Path).IndexOf(a.Letter) > -1)
+
+                    var notifications = Services.NotificationService.GetUserNotifications(Security.CurrentUser, node.Path);
+                    if (notifications.Any(x => x.Action == a.Letter.ToString()))
                         c.Checked = true;
 
                     uicontrols.PropertyPanel pp = new umbraco.uicontrols.PropertyPanel();
@@ -93,10 +95,8 @@ namespace umbraco.dialogs
                 if (c.Checked)
                     notifications += c.ID;
             }
-            Notification.UpdateNotifications(UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser, node, notifications);
-            UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser.resetNotificationCache();
-            UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser.initNotifications();
-
+            Notification.UpdateNotifications(Security.CurrentUser, node, notifications);
+            
             var feedback = new umbraco.uicontrols.Feedback();
             feedback.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("notifications") + " " + Services.TextService.Localize("ok") + "</p><p><a href='#' class='btn btn-primary' onclick='" + ClientTools.Scripts.CloseModalWindow() + "'>" + Services.TextService.Localize("closeThisWindow") + "</a>";
             feedback.type = umbraco.uicontrols.Feedback.feedbacktype.success;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/protectPage.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/protectPage.aspx.cs
index 99ae60ad1d..4e8c6f0a35 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/protectPage.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/protectPage.aspx.cs
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.umbraco.dialogs
                         //if it's the umbraco membership provider, then we need to tell it what member type to create it with
                         if (MemberType.GetByAlias(Constants.Conventions.MemberTypes.SystemDefaultProtectType) == null)
                         {
-                            MemberType.MakeNew(BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(0), Constants.Conventions.MemberTypes.SystemDefaultProtectType);
+                            MemberType.MakeNew(Services.UserService.GetUserById(0), Constants.Conventions.MemberTypes.SystemDefaultProtectType);
                         }
                         var castedProvider = provider.AsUmbracoMembershipProvider();
                         MembershipCreateStatus status;
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/search.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/search.aspx.cs
index 0f365f49ad..53410945e1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/search.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/search.aspx.cs
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.dialogs
                     operation = operation.And().GroupedOr(new[] { "__nodeName" }, new[] { word });
 
                 // ensure the user can only find nodes they are allowed to see
-                if (UmbracoUser.StartNodeId > 0)
+                if (Security.CurrentUser.StartContentId > 0)
                 {
                     //TODO: This is not correct! This will not filter out seearches 'from' this node, this
                     // query is meant to search 'for' a specific node.
-                    operation = operation.And().Id(UmbracoUser.StartNodeId);
+                    operation = operation.And().Id(Security.CurrentUser.StartContentId);
                 }
 
                 results = internalSearcher.Search(operation.Compile());
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/sendToTranslation.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/sendToTranslation.aspx.cs
index 1bae753ed6..92b138cbfd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/sendToTranslation.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/sendToTranslation.aspx.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 using System;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Mail;
 using System.Web;
 using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.uicontrols;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Web;
 using Umbraco.Web.UI.Pages;
 using Language = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.language.Language;
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.dialogs
                     includeSubpages.Enabled = false;
 
                 // Translators
-                foreach (var u in BusinessLogic.User.getAll())
+                int totalUsers;
+                foreach (var u in Services.UserService.GetAll(0, int.MaxValue, out totalUsers))
                     if (u.UserType.Alias.ToLower() == "translator" || UserHasTranslatePermission(u, _currentPage))
                         translator.Items.Add(new ListItem(u.Name, u.Id.ToString()));
 
@@ -84,10 +86,11 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.dialogs
             }
         }
 
-        private bool UserHasTranslatePermission(User u, CMSNode node)
+        private bool UserHasTranslatePermission(IUser u, CMSNode node)
         {
             //the permissions column in umbracoUserType is legacy and needs to be rewritten but for now this is the only way to test 
-            return u.GetPermissions(node.Path).Contains("4");
+            var permissions = Services.UserService.GetPermissions(u, node.Path);
+            return permissions.AssignedPermissions.Contains("4");
         }
 
         protected void doTranslation_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
@@ -95,9 +98,9 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.dialogs
             // testing translate
             MakeNew(
                 _currentPage,
-                UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser,
-                BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(Int32.Parse(translator.SelectedValue)),
-                new Language(Int32.Parse(language.SelectedValue)),
+                Security.CurrentUser,
+                Services.UserService.GetUserById(int.Parse(translator.SelectedValue)),
+                new Language(int.Parse(language.SelectedValue)),
                 comment.Text, includeSubpages.Checked,
                 true);
 
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.dialogs
             feedback.type = Feedback.feedbacktype.success;
         }
 
-        public void MakeNew(CMSNode Node, User User, User Translator, Language Language, string Comment,
+        public void MakeNew(CMSNode Node, IUser User, IUser Translator, Language Language, string Comment,
             bool IncludeSubpages, bool SendEmail)
         {
             // Get translation taskType for obsolete task constructor
@@ -152,9 +155,9 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.dialogs
                     MailMessage mail = new MailMessage(User.Email, Translator.Email);
 
                     // populate the message
-                    mail.Subject = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/mailSubject", Translator.UserEntity.GetUserCulture(Services.TextService), subjectVars);
+                    mail.Subject = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/mailSubject", Translator.GetUserCulture(Services.TextService), subjectVars);
                     mail.IsBodyHtml = false;
-                    mail.Body = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/mailBody", Translator.UserEntity.GetUserCulture(Services.TextService), bodyVars);
+                    mail.Body = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/mailBody", Translator.GetUserCulture(Services.TextService), bodyVars);
                     try
                     {
                         SmtpClient sender = new SmtpClient();
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/viewAuditTrail.aspx b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/viewAuditTrail.aspx
index ba0636a95e..8ccab8beab 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/viewAuditTrail.aspx
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/dialogs/viewAuditTrail.aspx
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
                     </b>
                   </HeaderTemplate>
                   <ItemTemplate>
-                    <%# umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(int.Parse(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "UserId", "{0}"))).Name%>
+                     <%--TODO: N+1 !!!! and no null checks--%>
+                    <%# Services.UserService.GetUserById(int.Parse(DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "UserId", "{0}"))).Name%>
                   </ItemTemplate>
                 </asp:TemplateColumn>
                 <asp:TemplateColumn>
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/preview/PreviewContent.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/preview/PreviewContent.cs
index 052882d3f4..f5892d4fa3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/preview/PreviewContent.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/preview/PreviewContent.cs
@@ -1,25 +1,14 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Data;
-using System.Configuration;
 using System.Globalization;
-using System.Linq;
 using System.Web;
-using System.Web.Security;
-using System.Web.UI;
-using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
-using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
-using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
-using System.Xml.Linq;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.IO;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
-using umbraco.cms.businesslogic;
-using Umbraco.Core.IO;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Web;
 
 namespace umbraco.presentation.preview
@@ -47,7 +36,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.preview
         private readonly object _initLock = new object();
         private bool _initialized = true;
 
-        public void EnsureInitialized(User user, string previewSet, bool validate, Action initialize)
+        public void EnsureInitialized(IUser user, string previewSet, bool validate, Action initialize)
         {
             lock (_initLock)
             {
@@ -69,14 +58,14 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.preview
         {
             ValidPreviewSet = UpdatePreviewPaths(previewSet, true);
         }
-        public PreviewContent(User user, Guid previewSet, bool validate)
+        public PreviewContent(IUser user, Guid previewSet, bool validate)
         {
             _userId = user.Id;
             ValidPreviewSet = UpdatePreviewPaths(previewSet, validate);
         }
 
 
-        public void PrepareDocument(User user, Document documentObject, bool includeSubs)
+        public void PrepareDocument(IUser user, Document documentObject, bool includeSubs)
         {
             _userId = user.Id;
 
@@ -221,15 +210,15 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.preview
 
         public static void ClearPreviewCookie()
         {
-            if (UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser != null)
+            if (UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser != null)
             {
                 if (HttpContext.Current.Request.HasPreviewCookie())
                 {
 
                     DeletePreviewFile(
-                        UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser.Id,
+                        UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser.Id,
                         new FileInfo(GetPreviewsetPath(
-                            UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser.Id,
+                            UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser.Id,
                             new Guid(HttpContext.Current.Request.GetPreviewCookieValue()))));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/templateControls/Item.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/templateControls/Item.cs
index fa76f9aa17..a4cda04dc3 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/templateControls/Item.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/templateControls/Item.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Web;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Web.UI;
 using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
+using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Web;
 using Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions;
@@ -304,8 +307,11 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.templateControls
         /// <value><c>true</c> if the current item is editable by the current user; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
         protected virtual bool FieldEditableWithUserPermissions()
         {   
-            BusinessLogic.User u = UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser;
-            return u != null && u.GetPermissions(PageElements["path"].ToString()).Contains(ActionUpdate.Instance.Letter.ToString());
+            var u = UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser;
+            if (u == null) return false;
+            var permission = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetPermissions(u, PageElements["path"].ToString());
+
+            return permission.AssignedPermissions.Contains(ActionUpdate.Instance.Letter.ToString(), StringComparer.Ordinal);
         } 
 
         #endregion
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/translation/default.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/translation/default.aspx.cs
index 7f62502d3c..be01ee51c1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/translation/default.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/translation/default.aspx.cs
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.translation
             Tasks ts = new Tasks();
             if (Request["mode"] == "owned")
             {
-                ts = Task.GetOwnedTasks(UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser, false);
+                ts = Task.GetOwnedTasks(Security.CurrentUser, false);
                 pane_tasks.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/ownedTasks");
                 Panel2.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/ownedTasks");
             }
             else
             {
-                ts = Task.GetTasks(UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser, false);
+                ts = Task.GetTasks(Security.CurrentUser, false);
                 pane_tasks.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/assignedTasks");
                 Panel2.Text = Services.TextService.Localize("translation/assignedTasks");
             }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.translation
                     if (t != null)
                     {
                         //user auth and content node validation
-                        if (t.Node.Id == int.Parse(taskNode.Attributes.GetNamedItem("id").Value) && (t.User.Id == UmbracoUser.Id || t.ParentUser.Id == UmbracoUser.Id))
+                        if (t.Node.Id == int.Parse(taskNode.Attributes.GetNamedItem("id").Value) && (t.User.Id == Security.CurrentUser.Id || t.ParentUser.Id == Security.CurrentUser.Id))
                         {
 
                             //TODO: Make this work again with correct APIs and angularized - so none of this code will exist anymore
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/translation/xml.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/translation/xml.aspx.cs
index d59c634006..705feea628 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/translation/xml.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/translation/xml.aspx.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.translation
                 var nodes = new SortedList();
                 int totalWords = 0;
 
-                foreach (Task t in Task.GetTasks(UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser, false))
+                foreach (Task t in Task.GetTasks(Security.CurrentUser, false))
                 {
                     if (!nodes.ContainsKey(t.Node.Path))
                     {
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/EditUser.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/EditUser.aspx.cs
index 4a3207cba1..3a73db386f 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/EditUser.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/EditUser.aspx.cs
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
             }
 
             //only another admin can edit another admin (who is not the true admin)
-            if (u.IsAdmin() && UmbracoContext.UmbracoUser.IsAdmin() == false)
+            if (u.IsAdmin() && Security.CurrentUser.IsAdmin() == false)
             {
                 throw new Exception("Admin users can only be edited by admins");
             }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/NodePermissions.ascx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/NodePermissions.ascx.cs
index 2927091005..8f643309df 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/NodePermissions.ascx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/NodePermissions.ascx.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
 using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Web;
 using Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions;
 using Umbraco.Web.UI.Controls;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
             DataBind();
         }
 
-        private User m_umbracoUser;
+        private IUser m_umbracoUser;
         private int[] m_nodeID = {-1};
         private UserPermissions m_userPermissions;
         private string m_clientItemChecked = "void(0);";
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
             get { return m_umbracoUser.Id; }
             set
             {
-                m_umbracoUser = BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(value);
+                m_umbracoUser = Services.UserService.GetUserById(value);
                 m_userPermissions = new UserPermissions(m_umbracoUser);
             }
         }
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
                 throw new ArgumentNullException("No User specified");
 
             //get the logged in user's permissions
-            UserPermissions currUserPermissions = new UserPermissions(UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser);
+            UserPermissions currUserPermissions = new UserPermissions(Security.CurrentUser);
             
             //lookup permissions for last node selected
             int selectedNodeId = m_nodeID[m_nodeID.Length - 1];
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/PermissionEditor.aspx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/PermissionEditor.aspx.cs
index c53f1beffe..93643ee77b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/PermissionEditor.aspx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/PermissionEditor.aspx.cs
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using System;
 using System.Web.UI;
 using Umbraco.Core;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.cms.presentation.Trees;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Web.UI.Pages;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
     {
 	    public PermissionEditor()
 	    {
-            CurrentApp = Constants.Applications.Users.ToString();
+            CurrentApp = Constants.Applications.Users;
 
 	    }
 
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
         /// <summary>
         /// Since Umbraco stores users in cache, we'll use this method to retrieve our user object by the selected id
         /// </summary>
-        public User UmbracoUser
+        public IUser UmbracoUser
         {
             get
             {
-                return BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString["id"]));
+                return Services.UserService.GetUserById(Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString["id"]));
             }
         }
       
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
         {
             int id;
             bool parsed = false;
-            umbraco.BusinessLogic.User oUser = null;
+            IUser oUser = null;
             if (parsed = int.TryParse(strID, out id))
-                oUser = umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(id);
+                oUser = Services.UserService.GetUserById(id);
 
-            if (oUser == null || oUser.UserType == null || !parsed)
+            if (oUser == null || oUser.UserType == null || parsed == false)
                 throw new Exception("No user found with id: " + strID);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/PermissionsHandler.asmx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/PermissionsHandler.asmx.cs
index 00371aa8bd..b36ac5de33 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/PermissionsHandler.asmx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/PermissionsHandler.asmx.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
         {
             AuthorizeRequest(true);
 
-            UserPermissions uPermissions = new UserPermissions(BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(userID));
+            UserPermissions uPermissions = new UserPermissions(Services.UserService.GetUserById(userID));
             List<IAction> actions = Action.FromString(permissions);
             uPermissions.SaveNewPermissions(toIntArray(nodes), actions, replaceChild);
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/UserPermissions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/UserPermissions.cs
index 1b6350d80c..a49f2d12bd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/UserPermissions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/users/UserPermissions.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Web;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Web.LegacyActions;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
@@ -14,9 +15,9 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
     /// </summary>    
     public class UserPermissions
     {
-        readonly User _user;
+        readonly IUser _user;
 
-        public UserPermissions(User user)
+        public UserPermissions(IUser user)
         {
             _user = user;
         }
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
             var lstNoPermissions = new List<int>();
             foreach (var nodeId in nodeIDs)
             {
-                var nodeActions = UmbracoContext.Current.UmbracoUser.GetPermissions(GetNodePath(nodeId));
-                var lstActions = Action.FromString(nodeActions);
+                var nodeActions = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetPermissions(UmbracoContext.Current.Security.CurrentUser, GetNodePath(nodeId));
+                
+                var lstActions = Action.FromEntityPermission(nodeActions);
                 if (lstActions == null || !lstActions.Contains(ActionRights.Instance))
                     lstNoPermissions.Add(nodeId);
             }
@@ -90,8 +92,9 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.presentation.user
             if (path != "")
             {
                 //get the user and their permissions
-                string permissions = _user.GetPermissions(path);
-                return Action.FromString(permissions);
+
+                var permissions = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetPermissions(_user, path);
+                return Action.FromEntityPermission(permissions);
             }
             return null;
         }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/legacyAjaxCalls.asmx.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/legacyAjaxCalls.asmx.cs
index aa7a0c0fef..8916090c36 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/legacyAjaxCalls.asmx.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/webservices/legacyAjaxCalls.asmx.cs
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 using Umbraco.Web.UI;
 using Umbraco.Web;
 using Umbraco.Web.WebServices;
-
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 
 namespace umbraco.presentation.webservices
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.webservices
     [ScriptService]
     public class legacyAjaxCalls : UmbracoAuthorizedWebService
     {
-        private User _currentUser;
+        private IUser _currentUser;
         
         /// <summary>
         /// method to accept a string value for the node id. Used for tree's such as python
@@ -56,21 +55,21 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.webservices
             {
                  LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(
                     new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current),
-                    UmbracoUser,
+                    Security.CurrentUser,
                     nodeType, 0, nodeId);
             }
             else if (int.TryParse(nodeId, out intNodeId) && nodeType != "member") // Fix for #26965 - numeric member login gets parsed as nodeId
             {
                 LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(
                     new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current),
-                    UmbracoUser,
+                    Security.CurrentUser,
                     nodeType, intNodeId, alias);
             }
             else
             {
                 LegacyDialogHandler.Delete(
                     new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current),
-                    UmbracoUser,
+                    Security.CurrentUser,
                     nodeType, 0, nodeId);
             }
         }
@@ -119,7 +118,11 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.webservices
         {
             AuthorizeRequest(Constants.Applications.Users.ToString(), true);
 
-            BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(userId).disable();
+            var user = Services.UserService.GetUserById(userId);
+            if (user == null) return;
+
+            user.IsApproved = false;
+            Services.UserService.Save(user);
         }
 
         [WebMethod]
diff --git a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/User.cs b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/User.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 5cd3d95743..0000000000
--- a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/User.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,928 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections;
-using System.Web.Caching;
-using Umbraco.Core;
-using Umbraco.Core.Cache;
-using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models.Rdbms;
-
-using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Querying;
-using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Repositories;
-using umbraco.DataLayer;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-
-namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// represents a Umbraco back end user
-    /// </summary>
-    [Obsolete("Use the UserService instead")]
-    public class User
-    {
-        internal IUser UserEntity;
-        private int? _lazyId;
-        private bool? _defaultToLiveEditing;
-        
-        private readonly Hashtable _notifications = new Hashtable();
-        private bool _notificationsInitialized = false;
-
-        [Obsolete("Obsolete, For querying the database use the new UmbracoDatabase object ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database", false)]
-        private static ISqlHelper SqlHelper
-        {
-            get { return Application.SqlHelper; }
-        }
-
-        internal User(IUser user)
-        {
-            UserEntity = user;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="User"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="ID">The ID.</param>
-        public User(int ID)
-        {
-            SetupUser(ID);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="User"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="ID">The ID.</param>
-        /// <param name="noSetup">if set to <c>true</c> [no setup].</param>
-        public User(int ID, bool noSetup)
-        {
-            _lazyId = ID;            
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="User"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="Login">The login.</param>
-        /// <param name="Password">The password.</param>
-        public User(string Login, string Password)
-        {
-            SetupUser(getUserId(Login, Password));
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="User"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="Login">The login.</param>
-        public User(string Login)
-        {
-            SetupUser(getUserId(Login));
-        }
-
-        private void SetupUser(int ID)
-        {
-            UserEntity = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(ID);
-            if (UserEntity == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException("No User exists with ID " + ID);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Used to persist object changes to the database.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void Save()
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(UserEntity);
-
-            OnSaving(EventArgs.Empty);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the users name.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The name.</value>
-        public string Name
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return UserEntity.Name;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.Name = value;
-                
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the users email.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The email.</value>
-        public string Email
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return UserEntity.Email;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.Email = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the users language.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The language.</value>
-        public string Language
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return UserEntity.Language;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.Language = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the users password.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The password.</value>
-        public string Password
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                return GetPassword();
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.RawPasswordValue = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the password.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public string GetPassword()
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-            return UserEntity.RawPasswordValue;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Determines whether this user is an admin.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// 	<c>true</c> if this user is admin; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
-        /// </returns>
-        public bool IsAdmin()
-        {
-            return UserType.Alias == "admin";
-        }
-
-        [Obsolete("Do not use this method to validate credentials, use the user's membership provider to do authentication. This method will not work if the password format is 'Encrypted'")]
-        public bool ValidatePassword(string password)
-        {
-            var userLogin = ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database.ExecuteScalar<string>(
-                "SELECT userLogin FROM umbracoUser WHERE userLogin = @login AND UserPasword = @password",
-                new {login = LoginName, password = password});
-
-            return userLogin == this.LoginName;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Determines whether this user is the root (super user).
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>
-        /// 	<c>true</c> if this user is root; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
-        /// </returns>
-        public bool IsRoot()
-        {
-            return Id == 0;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the applications which the user has access to.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The users applications.</value>
-        public Application[] Applications
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                return GetApplications().ToArray();
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Get the application which the user has access to as a List
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public List<Application> GetApplications()
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-
-            var allApps = Application.getAll();
-            var apps = new List<Application>();
-
-            var sections = UserEntity.AllowedSections;
-
-            foreach (var s in sections)
-            {
-                var app = allApps.SingleOrDefault(x => x.alias == s);
-                if (app != null)
-                    apps.Add(app);
-            }
-
-            return apps;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the users  login name
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The loginname.</value>
-        public string LoginName
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return UserEntity.Username;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                if (EnsureUniqueLoginName(value, this) == false)
-                    throw new Exception(String.Format("A user with the login '{0}' already exists", value));
-
-                UserEntity.Username = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static bool EnsureUniqueLoginName(string loginName, User currentUser)
-        {
-            User[] u = User.getAllByLoginName(loginName);
-            if (u.Length != 0)
-            {
-                if (u[0].Id != currentUser.Id)
-                    return false;
-            }
-
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Validates the users credentials.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="lname">The login name.</param>
-        /// <param name="passw">The password.</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        [Obsolete("Do not use this method to validate credentials, use the user's membership provider to do authentication. This method will not work if the password format is 'Encrypted'")]
-        public static bool validateCredentials(string lname, string passw)
-        {
-            return validateCredentials(lname, passw, true);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Validates the users credentials.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="lname">The login name.</param>
-        /// <param name="passw">The password.</param>
-        /// <param name="checkForUmbracoConsoleAccess">if set to <c>true</c> [check for umbraco console access].</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        [Obsolete("Do not use this method to validate credentials, use the user's membership provider to do authentication. This method will not work if the password format is 'Encrypted'")]
-        public static bool validateCredentials(string lname, string passw, bool checkForUmbracoConsoleAccess)
-        {
-            string consoleCheckSql = "";
-            if (checkForUmbracoConsoleAccess)
-                consoleCheckSql = "and userNoConsole = 0 ";
-
-            object tmp = SqlHelper.ExecuteScalar<object>(
-                "select id from umbracoUser where userDisabled = 0 " + consoleCheckSql + " and userLogin = @login and userPassword = @pw", 
-                SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@login", lname), 
-                SqlHelper.CreateParameter("@pw", passw)
-                );
-
-            // Logging
-            if (tmp == null)
-            {
-				LogHelper.Info<User>("Login: '" + lname + "' failed, from IP: " + System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Request.UserHostAddress);
-            }
-                
-            return (tmp != null);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the type of the user.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The type of the user.</value>
-        public UserType UserType
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return new UserType(UserEntity.UserType);
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.UserType = value.UserTypeItem;
-            }
-        }
-
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets all users
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public static User[] getAll()
-        {
-            int totalRecs;
-            var users = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetAll(
-                0, int.MaxValue, out totalRecs);
-
-            return users.Select(x => new User(x))
-                .OrderBy(x => x.Name)
-                .ToArray();
-        }
-
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the current user (logged in)
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns>A user or null</returns>
-        public static User GetCurrent()
-        {
-            throw new NotImplementedException("NOTHING USING THIS WILL WORK UNTIL THIS USER CLASS IS REMOVED AND ALL CODE REFERENCING IT IS MIGRATED");
-        }
-
-		/// <summary>
-        /// Gets all users by email.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="email">The email.</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-		public static User[] getAllByEmail(string email)
-		{
-			return getAllByEmail(email, false);
-		}
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets all users by email.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="email">The email.</param>
-       /// <param name="useExactMatch">match exact email address or partial email address.</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public static User[] getAllByEmail(string email, bool useExactMatch)
-        {
-            int totalRecs;
-            if (useExactMatch)
-            {
-                return ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.FindByEmail(
-                    email, 0, int.MaxValue, out totalRecs, StringPropertyMatchType.Exact)
-                    .Select(x => new User(x))
-                    .ToArray();
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.FindByEmail(
-                    string.Format("%{0}%", email), 0, int.MaxValue, out totalRecs, StringPropertyMatchType.Wildcard)
-                    .Select(x => new User(x))
-                    .ToArray();
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets all users by login name.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="login">The login.</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public static User[] getAllByLoginName(string login)
-        {
-            return GetAllByLoginName(login, false).ToArray();
-        }
-
-		/// <summary>
-		/// Gets all users by login name.
-		/// </summary>
-		/// <param name="login">The login.</param>
-        /// <param name="partialMatch">whether to use a partial match</param>
-		/// <returns></returns>
-		public static User[] getAllByLoginName(string login, bool partialMatch)
-		{
-			return GetAllByLoginName(login, partialMatch).ToArray();
-		}
-
-        public static IEnumerable<User> GetAllByLoginName(string login, bool partialMatch)
-        {
-            int totalRecs;
-            if (partialMatch)
-            {
-                return ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.FindByUsername(
-                    string.Format("%{0}%", login), 0, int.MaxValue, out totalRecs, StringPropertyMatchType.Wildcard)
-                    .Select(x => new User(x))
-                    .ToArray();
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                return ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.FindByUsername(
-                    login, 0, int.MaxValue, out totalRecs, StringPropertyMatchType.Exact)
-                    .Select(x => new User(x))
-                    .ToArray();
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Create a new user.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name">The full name.</param>
-        /// <param name="lname">The login name.</param>
-        /// <param name="passw">The password.</param>
-        /// <param name="ut">The user type.</param>
-        public static User MakeNew(string name, string lname, string passw, UserType ut)
-        {
-            var user = new Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership.User(name, "", lname, passw, ut.UserTypeItem);
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(user);
-
-            var u = new User(user);
-            u.OnNew(EventArgs.Empty);
-
-            return u;
-        }
-
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new user.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name">The name.</param>
-        /// <param name="lname">The lname.</param>
-        /// <param name="passw">The passw.</param>
-        /// <param name="email">The email.</param>
-        /// <param name="ut">The ut.</param>        
-        public static User MakeNew(string name, string lname, string passw, string email, UserType ut)
-        {
-            var user = new Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership.User(name, email, lname, passw, ut.UserTypeItem);
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(user);
-
-            var u = new User(user);
-            u.OnNew(EventArgs.Empty);
-
-            return u;
-        }
-
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the name, login name and password for the user with the specified id.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id">The id.</param>
-        /// <param name="name">The name.</param>
-        /// <param name="lname">The lname.</param>
-        /// <param name="email">The email.</param>
-        /// <param name="ut">The ut.</param>
-        public static void Update(int id, string name, string lname, string email, UserType ut)
-        {
-            if (EnsureUniqueLoginName(lname, GetUser(id)) == false)
-                throw new Exception(String.Format("A user with the login '{0}' already exists", lname));
-
-            var found = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(id);
-            if (found == null) return;
-            found.Name = name;
-            found.Username = lname;
-            found.Email = email;
-            found.UserType = ut.UserTypeItem;
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(found);
-        }
-
-        public static void Update(int id, string name, string lname, string email, bool disabled, bool noConsole, UserType ut)
-        {
-            if (EnsureUniqueLoginName(lname, GetUser(id)) == false)
-                throw new Exception(String.Format("A user with the login '{0}' already exists", lname));
-
-            var found = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(id);
-            if (found == null) return;
-            found.Name = name;
-            found.Username = lname;
-            found.Email = email;
-            found.UserType = ut.UserTypeItem;
-            found.IsApproved = disabled == false;
-            found.IsLockedOut = noConsole;
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(found);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Updates the membership provider properties
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id">The id.</param>
-        /// <param name="email"></param>
-        /// <param name="disabled"></param>
-        /// <param name="noConsole"></param>        
-        public static void Update(int id, string email, bool disabled, bool noConsole)
-        {
-            var found = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(id);
-            if (found == null) return;
-            
-            found.Email = email;            
-            found.IsApproved = disabled == false;
-            found.IsLockedOut = noConsole;
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(found);
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the ID from the user with the specified login name and password
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="lname">The login name.</param>
-        /// <param name="passw">The password.</param>
-        /// <returns>a user ID</returns>
-        public static int getUserId(string lname, string passw)
-        {
-            var found = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetByUsername(lname);
-            return found.RawPasswordValue == passw ? found.Id : -1;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the ID from the user with the specified login name
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="lname">The login name.</param>
-        /// <returns>a user ID</returns>
-        public static int getUserId(string lname)
-        {
-            var found = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetByUsername(lname);
-            return found == null ? -1 : found.Id;
-        }
-        
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Deletes this instance.
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("Deleting users are NOT supported as history needs to be kept. Please use the disable() method instead")]
-        public void delete()
-        {
-            //make sure you cannot delete the admin user!
-            if (this.Id == 0)
-                throw new InvalidOperationException("The Administrator account cannot be deleted");
-
-            OnDeleting(EventArgs.Empty);
-
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Delete(UserEntity, true);
-
-            FlushFromCache();
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Disables this instance.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void disable()
-        {
-            OnDisabling(EventArgs.Empty);
-
-            //delete without the true overload will perform the disable operation
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Delete(UserEntity);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the users permissions based on a nodes path
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="Path">The path.</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public string GetPermissions(string Path)
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-
-            var defaultPermissions = UserType.DefaultPermissions;
-
-            var cachedPermissions = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetPermissions(UserEntity)
-                .ToArray();
-
-            // NH 4.7.1 changing default permission behavior to default to User Type permissions IF no specific permissions has been
-            // set for the current node
-            var nodeId = Path.Contains(",") ? int.Parse(Path.Substring(Path.LastIndexOf(",", StringComparison.Ordinal) + 1)) : int.Parse(Path);
-            if (cachedPermissions.Any(x => x.EntityId == nodeId))
-            {
-                var found = cachedPermissions.First(x => x.EntityId == nodeId);
-                return string.Join("", found.AssignedPermissions);
-            }
-
-            // exception to everything. If default cruds is empty and we're on root node; allow browse of root node
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(defaultPermissions) && Path == "-1")
-                defaultPermissions = "F";
-
-            // else return default user type cruds
-            return defaultPermissions;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes the user node permissions
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("This method doesn't do anything whatsoever and will be removed in future versions")]
-        public void initCruds()
-        {            
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets a users notifications for a specified node path.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="Path">The node path.</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public string GetNotifications(string Path)
-        {
-            string notifications = "";
-
-            if (_notificationsInitialized == false)
-                initNotifications();
-
-            foreach (string nodeId in Path.Split(','))
-            {
-                if (_notifications.ContainsKey(int.Parse(nodeId)))
-                    notifications = _notifications[int.Parse(nodeId)].ToString();
-            }
-
-            return notifications;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Clears the internal hashtable containing cached information about notifications for the user
-        /// </summary>
-        public void resetNotificationCache()
-        {
-            _notificationsInitialized = false;
-            _notifications.Clear();
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes the notifications and caches them.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void initNotifications()
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-
-            var notifications = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.NotificationService.GetUserNotifications(UserEntity);
-            foreach (var n in notifications.OrderBy(x => x.EntityId))
-            {
-                int nodeId = n.EntityId;
-                if (_notifications.ContainsKey(nodeId) == false)
-                {
-                    _notifications.Add(nodeId, string.Empty);
-                }
-                _notifications[nodeId] += n.Action;
-            }
-
-            _notificationsInitialized = true;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the user id.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The id.</value>
-        public int Id
-        {
-            get { return UserEntity.Id; }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Clears the list of applications the user has access to, ensure to call Save afterwords
-        /// </summary>
-        public void ClearApplications()
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-            foreach (var s in UserEntity.AllowedSections.ToArray())
-            {
-                UserEntity.RemoveAllowedSection(s);
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Clears the list of applications the user has access to.
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("This method will implicitly cause a database save and will reset the current user's dirty property, do not use this method, use the ClearApplications method instead and then call Save() when you are done performing all user changes to persist the chagnes in one transaction")]
-        public void clearApplications()
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-
-            foreach (var s in UserEntity.AllowedSections.ToArray())
-            {
-                UserEntity.RemoveAllowedSection(s);
-            }
-
-            //For backwards compatibility this requires an implicit save
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(UserEntity);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds a application to the list of allowed applications, ensure to call Save() afterwords
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="appAlias"></param>
-        public void AddApplication(string appAlias)
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-            UserEntity.AddAllowedSection(appAlias);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Adds a application to the list of allowed applications
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="AppAlias">The app alias.</param>
-        [Obsolete("This method will implicitly cause a multiple database saves and will reset the current user's dirty property, do not use this method, use the AddApplication method instead and then call Save() when you are done performing all user changes to persist the chagnes in one transaction")]
-        public void addApplication(string AppAlias)
-        {
-            if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-
-            UserEntity.AddAllowedSection(AppAlias);
-
-            //For backwards compatibility this requires an implicit save
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.Save(UserEntity);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether the user has access to the Umbraco back end.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value><c>true</c> if the user has access to the back end; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
-        public bool NoConsole
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return UserEntity.IsLockedOut;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.IsLockedOut = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets a value indicating whether this <see cref="User"/> is disabled.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value><c>true</c> if disabled; otherwise, <c>false</c>.</value>
-        public bool Disabled
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return UserEntity.IsApproved == false;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.IsApproved = value == false;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the start content node id.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The start node id.</value>
-        public int StartNodeId
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return UserEntity.StartContentId;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.StartContentId = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the start media id.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <value>The start media id.</value>
-        public int StartMediaId
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (_lazyId.HasValue) SetupUser(_lazyId.Value);
-                return UserEntity.StartMediaId;
-            }
-            set
-            {
-                UserEntity.StartMediaId = value;
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Flushes the user from cache.
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("This method should not be used, cache flushing is handled automatically by event handling in the web application and ensures that all servers are notified, this will not notify all servers in a load balanced environment")]
-        public void FlushFromCache()
-        {
-            OnFlushingFromCache(EventArgs.Empty);
-            ApplicationContext.Current.ApplicationCache.IsolatedRuntimeCache.ClearCache<IUser>();
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the user with a specified ID
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id">The id.</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        [Obsolete("The legacy user object should no longer be used, use the WebSecurity class to access the current user or the UserService to retrieve a user by id")]
-        public static User GetUser(int id)
-        {
-            var result = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(id);
-            if (result == null)
-            {
-                throw new ArgumentException("No user found with id " + id);
-            }
-            return new User(result);
-        }
-
-
-        //EVENTS
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The save event handler
-        /// </summary>
-        public delegate void SavingEventHandler(User sender, EventArgs e);
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The new event handler
-        /// </summary>
-        public delegate void NewEventHandler(User sender, EventArgs e);
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The disable event handler
-        /// </summary>
-        public delegate void DisablingEventHandler(User sender, EventArgs e);
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The delete event handler
-        /// </summary>
-        public delegate void DeletingEventHandler(User sender, EventArgs e);
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The Flush User from cache event handler
-        /// </summary>
-        public delegate void FlushingFromCacheEventHandler(User sender, EventArgs e);
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Occurs when [saving].
-        /// </summary>
-        public static event SavingEventHandler Saving;
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Raises the <see cref="E:Saving"/> event.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
-        protected virtual void OnSaving(EventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (Saving != null)
-                Saving(this, e);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Occurs when [new].
-        /// </summary>
-        public static event NewEventHandler New;
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Raises the <see cref="E:New"/> event.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
-        protected virtual void OnNew(EventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (New != null)
-                New(this, e);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Occurs when [disabling].
-        /// </summary>
-        public static event DisablingEventHandler Disabling;
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Raises the <see cref="E:Disabling"/> event.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
-        protected virtual void OnDisabling(EventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (Disabling != null)
-                Disabling(this, e);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Occurs when [deleting].
-        /// </summary>
-        public static event DeletingEventHandler Deleting;
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Raises the <see cref="E:Deleting"/> event.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
-        protected virtual void OnDeleting(EventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (Deleting != null)
-                Deleting(this, e);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Occurs when [flushing from cache].
-        /// </summary>
-        public static event FlushingFromCacheEventHandler FlushingFromCache;
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Raises the <see cref="E:FlushingFromCache"/> event.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="e">The <see cref="System.EventArgs"/> instance containing the event data.</param>
-        protected virtual void OnFlushingFromCache(EventArgs e)
-        {
-            if (FlushingFromCache != null)
-                FlushingFromCache(this, e);
-        }
-
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/UserType.cs b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/UserType.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b7bc2b9675..0000000000
--- a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/UserType.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,259 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Data;
-using System.Globalization;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using System.Web;
-using System.Web.Caching;
-using Umbraco.Core;
-using Umbraco.Core.Cache;
-using Umbraco.Core.Events;
-using umbraco.DataLayer;
-
-namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Represents a umbraco Usertype
-    /// </summary>
-    [Obsolete("Use the UserService instead")]
-    public class UserType
-    {
-
-        internal Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership.IUserType UserTypeItem;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new empty instance of a UserType
-        /// </summary>
-        public UserType()
-        {
-            UserTypeItem = new Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership.UserType();
-        }
-
-        internal UserType(Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership.IUserType userType)
-        {
-            UserTypeItem = userType;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new instance of a UserType and attempts to 
-        /// load it's values from the database cache.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <remarks>
-        /// If the UserType is not found in the existing ID list, then this object 
-        /// will remain an empty object
-        /// </remarks>
-        /// <param name="id">The UserType id to find</param>
-        public UserType(int id)
-        {
-            this.LoadByPrimaryKey(id);
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="UserType"/> class.
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id">The user type id.</param>
-        /// <param name="name">The name.</param>
-        public UserType(int id, string name)
-        {
-            UserTypeItem = new Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership.UserType();
-            UserTypeItem.Id = id;
-            UserTypeItem.Name = name;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new instance of UserType with all parameters
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id"></param>
-        /// <param name="name"></param>
-        /// <param name="defaultPermissions"></param>
-        /// <param name="alias"></param>
-        public UserType(int id, string name, string defaultPermissions, string alias)
-        {
-            UserTypeItem = new Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership.UserType();
-            UserTypeItem.Id = id;
-            UserTypeItem.Name = name;
-            UserTypeItem.Alias = alias;
-            UserTypeItem.Permissions = defaultPermissions.ToCharArray().Select(x => x.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The cache storage for all user types
-        /// </summary>
-        private static List<UserType> UserTypes
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                return ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetAllUserTypes()
-                    .Select(x => new UserType(x))
-                    .ToList();
-            }
-        }
-        
-        #region Public Properties
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets or sets the user type alias.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string Alias
-        {
-            get { return UserTypeItem.Alias; }
-            set { UserTypeItem.Alias = value; }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the name of the user type.
-        /// </summary>
-        public string Name
-        {
-            get { return UserTypeItem.Name; }
-            set { UserTypeItem.Name = value; }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the id the user type
-        /// </summary>
-        public int Id
-        {
-            get { return UserTypeItem.Id; }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the default permissions of the user type
-        /// </summary>
-        public string DefaultPermissions
-        {
-            get { return UserTypeItem.Permissions == null ? string.Empty : string.Join("", UserTypeItem.Permissions); }
-            set { UserTypeItem.Permissions = value.ToCharArray().Select(x => x.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)); }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns an array of UserTypes
-        /// </summary>
-        [Obsolete("Use the GetAll method instead")]
-        public static UserType[] getAll
-        {
-            get { return GetAllUserTypes().ToArray(); }
-        }
-        #endregion
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Saves this instance.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void Save()
-        {
-            //ensure that this object has an ID specified (it exists in the database)
-            if (UserTypeItem.HasIdentity == false)
-                throw new Exception("The current UserType object does not exist in the database. New UserTypes should be created with the MakeNew method");
-
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.SaveUserType(UserTypeItem);
-            
-            //raise event
-            OnUpdated(this, new EventArgs());
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Deletes this instance.
-        /// </summary>
-        public void Delete()
-        {
-            //ensure that this object has an ID specified (it exists in the database)
-            if (UserTypeItem.HasIdentity == false)
-                throw new Exception("The current UserType object does not exist in the database. New UserTypes should be created with the MakeNew method");
-
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.DeleteUserType(UserTypeItem);
-
-            //raise event
-            OnDeleted(this, new EventArgs());
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Load the data for the current UserType by it's id
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id"></param>
-        /// <returns>Returns true if the UserType id was found
-        /// and the data was loaded, false if it wasn't</returns>
-        public bool LoadByPrimaryKey(int id)
-        {
-            UserTypeItem = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserTypeById(id);
-            return UserTypeItem != null;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new user type
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="name"></param>
-        /// <param name="defaultPermissions"></param>
-        /// <param name="alias"></param>
-        public static UserType MakeNew(string name, string defaultPermissions, string alias)
-        {
-            //ensure that the current alias does not exist
-            //get the id for the new user type
-            var existing = UserTypes.Find(ut => (ut.Alias == alias));
-
-            if (existing != null)
-                throw new Exception("The UserType alias specified already exists");
-
-            var userType = new Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership.UserType
-            {
-                Alias = alias,
-                Name = name,
-                Permissions = defaultPermissions.ToCharArray().Select(x => x.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))
-            };
-            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.SaveUserType(userType);
-
-            var legacy = new UserType(userType);
-            
-            //raise event
-            OnNew(legacy, new EventArgs());
-
-            return legacy;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Gets the user type with the specied ID
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="id">The id.</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public static UserType GetUserType(int id)
-        {
-            return UserTypes.Find(ut => (ut.Id == id));
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Returns all UserType's
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <returns></returns>
-        public static List<UserType> GetAllUserTypes()
-        {
-            return UserTypes;
-        }
-
-        internal static event TypedEventHandler<UserType, EventArgs> New;
-        private static void OnNew(UserType userType, EventArgs args)
-        {
-            if (New != null)
-            {
-                New(userType, args);
-            }
-        }
-
-        internal static event TypedEventHandler<UserType, EventArgs> Deleted;
-        private static void OnDeleted(UserType userType, EventArgs args)
-        {
-            if (Deleted != null)
-            {
-                Deleted(userType, args);
-            }
-        }
-
-        internal static event TypedEventHandler<UserType, EventArgs> Updated;
-        private static void OnUpdated(UserType userType, EventArgs args)
-        {
-            if (Updated != null)
-            {
-                Updated(userType, args);
-            }
-        }
-
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/umbraco.businesslogic.csproj b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/umbraco.businesslogic.csproj
index 08f640381d..3295e9592f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.businesslogic/umbraco.businesslogic.csproj
+++ b/src/umbraco.businesslogic/umbraco.businesslogic.csproj
@@ -188,12 +188,6 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs">
       <SubType>Code</SubType>
     </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="User.cs">
-      <SubType>Code</SubType>
-    </Compile>
-    <Compile Include="UserType.cs">
-      <SubType>Code</SubType>
-    </Compile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Client.3.5">
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/CMSNode.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/CMSNode.cs
index d4e6028a7f..561af62c83 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/CMSNode.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/CMSNode.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core;
-using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.EntityBase;
 using Umbraco.Core.Persistence;
 
@@ -17,9 +16,8 @@ using System.ComponentModel;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 using System.Collections;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.task;
-using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using File = System.IO.File;
-using Media = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media.Media;
 using Notification = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow.Notification;
 using Task = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.task.Task;
 
@@ -292,7 +290,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic
                 IEnumerable<Permission> permissions = Permission.GetNodePermissions(parent);
                 foreach (Permission p in permissions)
                 {
-                    Permission.MakeNew(User.GetUser(p.UserId), retVal, p.PermissionId);
+                    Permission.MakeNew(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(p.UserId), retVal, p.PermissionId);
                 }
 
             }
@@ -688,11 +686,11 @@ order by level,sortOrder";
         /// Gets the creator
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The user.</value>
-        public BusinessLogic.User User
+        public IUser User
         {
             get
             {
-                return BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(_userId);
+                return ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(_userId);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Installer.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Installer.cs
index caa96e8e19..4af6dfea7f 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Installer.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Installer.cs
@@ -9,14 +9,10 @@ using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Auditing;
 using Umbraco.Core.IO;
 using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
-using Umbraco.Core.Packaging;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
-using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.propertytype;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using System.Diagnostics;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.macro;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.template;
-using umbraco.interfaces;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager
 {
@@ -298,7 +294,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager
                 //bool saveNeeded = false;
 
                 // Get current user, with a fallback
-                var currentUser = new User(0);
+                var currentUser = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(0);
 
                 //TODO: Need to migrate this class/code/logic so that we can replicate this functionality, until then everything will be installed by ADMIN
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Package.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Package.cs
index a12e2160bc..7bd3b891bc 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Package.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/Package.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ using System;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.DataLayer;
+using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager
 {
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager
                 Uninstalled = dr.GetBoolean("uninstalled");
                 UpgradeId = dr.GetInt("upgradeId");
                 InstallDate = dr.GetDateTime("installDate");
-                User = User.GetUser(dr.GetInt("userId"));
+                User = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(dr.GetInt("userId"));
                 PackageId = dr.GetGuid("package");
                 VersionMajor = dr.GetInt("versionMajor");
                 VersionMinor = dr.GetInt("versionMinor");
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager
         public bool Uninstalled { get; set; }
 
 
-        public User User { get; set; }
+        public IUser User { get; set; }
 
 
         public DateTime InstallDate { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/PackageActions/publishRootDocument.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/PackageActions/publishRootDocument.cs
index 7bc48d3e05..35df2a3cbf 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/PackageActions/publishRootDocument.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Packager/PackageActions/publishRootDocument.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Xml;
+using Umbraco.Core;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager.standardPackageActions
 {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.packager.standardPackageActions
 				if (rootDoc.Text.Trim() == documentName.Trim() && rootDoc != null && rootDoc.ContentType != null)
 				{
 
-					rootDoc.PublishWithChildrenWithResult(umbraco.BusinessLogic.User.GetUser(0));
+					rootDoc.PublishWithChildrenWithResult(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(0));
 
 
 					break;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Permission.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Permission.cs
index 1a598452fe..1b775e2d58 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Permission.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/Permission.cs
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
         /// </summary>
         private Permission() { }
         
-        public static void MakeNew(User User, CMSNode Node, char PermissionKey)
+        public static void MakeNew(IUser User, CMSNode Node, char PermissionKey)
         {
             MakeNew(User, Node, PermissionKey, true);
         }
 
-        private static void MakeNew(User user, IEnumerable<CMSNode> nodes, char permissionKey, bool raiseEvents)
+        private static void MakeNew(IUser user, IEnumerable<CMSNode> nodes, char permissionKey, bool raiseEvents)
         {
             var asArray = nodes.ToArray();
 
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
             }
         }
 
-        private static void MakeNew(User User, CMSNode Node, char PermissionKey, bool raiseEvents)
+        private static void MakeNew(IUser User, CMSNode Node, char PermissionKey, bool raiseEvents)
         {
             MakeNew(User, new[] {Node}, PermissionKey, raiseEvents);
         }
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static IEnumerable<Permission> GetUserPermissions(User user)
+        public static IEnumerable<Permission> GetUserPermissions(IUser user)
         {
-            var permissions = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetPermissions(user.UserEntity);
+            var permissions = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetPermissions(user);
 
             return permissions.SelectMany(
                 entityPermission => entityPermission.AssignedPermissions,
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user"></param>
         /// <param name="node"></param>
-        public static void DeletePermissions(User user, CMSNode node)
+        public static void DeletePermissions(IUser user, CMSNode node)
         {
             DeletePermissions(user, node, true);
         }
 
-        internal static void DeletePermissions(User user, CMSNode node, bool raiseEvents)
+        internal static void DeletePermissions(IUser user, CMSNode node, bool raiseEvents)
         {
             ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.RemoveUserPermissions(user.Id, node.Id);
             if (raiseEvents)
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
         /// deletes all permissions for the user
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user"></param>
-        public static void DeletePermissions(User user)
+        public static void DeletePermissions(IUser user)
         {
             ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.RemoveUserPermissions(user.Id);
 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
             OnDeleted(new UserPermission(null, node, null), new DeleteEventArgs());
         }
 
-        public static void UpdateCruds(User user, CMSNode node, string permissions)
+        public static void UpdateCruds(IUser user, CMSNode node, string permissions)
         {
             ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.ReplaceUserPermissions(
                 user.Id, 
@@ -201,14 +201,14 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
             _nodeIds = nodeIds.ToArray();
         }
 
-        internal UserPermission(User user, CMSNode node, char[] permissionKeys)
+        internal UserPermission(IUser user, CMSNode node, char[] permissionKeys)
         {
             User = user;
             Nodes = new[] { node };
             PermissionKeys = permissionKeys;
         }
 
-        internal UserPermission(User user, IEnumerable<CMSNode> nodes, char[] permissionKeys)
+        internal UserPermission(IUser user, IEnumerable<CMSNode> nodes, char[] permissionKeys)
         {
             User = user;
             Nodes = nodes;
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ namespace umbraco.BusinessLogic
             }
         }
 
-        internal User User { get; private set; }
+        internal IUser User { get; private set; }
         internal IEnumerable<CMSNode> Nodes { get; private set; }
         internal char[] PermissionKeys { get; private set; }
     }
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/media/Media.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/media/Media.cs
index 80ae59faba..4936b4a484 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/media/Media.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/media/Media.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Linq;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media
 {
@@ -63,17 +64,10 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media
         /// -
         /// </summary>
         public static Guid _objectType = new Guid(Constants.ObjectTypes.Media);
+       
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Creates a new Media
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="Name">The name of the media</param>
-        /// <param name="dct">The type of the media</param>
-        /// <param name="u">The user creating the media</param>
-        /// <param name="ParentId">The id of the folder under which the media is created</param>
-        /// <returns></returns>
         [Obsolete("Obsolete, Use Umbraco.Core.Services.MediaService.CreateMedia()", false)]
-        public static Media MakeNew(string Name, MediaType dct, BusinessLogic.User u, int ParentId)
+        public static Media MakeNew(string Name, MediaType dct, IUser u, int ParentId)
         {
             var e = new NewEventArgs();
             OnNewing(e);
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/media/MediaType.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/media/MediaType.cs
index 308b01c853..f052edc849 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/media/MediaType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/media/MediaType.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using System.Linq;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
+using System.Threading;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
+using Umbraco.Core.Security;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media
 {
@@ -87,19 +89,13 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media
             return mediaTypes.OrderBy(x => x.Name).Select(x => new MediaType(x));
         }
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Create a new Mediatype
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="u">The Umbraco user context</param>
-        /// <param name="Text">The name of the MediaType</param>
-        /// <returns>The new MediaType</returns>
         [Obsolete("Obsolete, Use Umbraco.Core.Models.MediaType and Umbraco.Core.Services.ContentTypeService.Save()", false)]
-        public static MediaType MakeNew(User u, string Text)
+        public static MediaType MakeNew(IUser u, string Text)
         {
             return MakeNew(u, Text, -1);
         }
 
-        internal static MediaType MakeNew(User u, string text, int parentId)
+        internal static MediaType MakeNew(IUser u, string text, int parentId)
         {
             var mediaType = new Umbraco.Core.Models.MediaType(parentId) { Name = text, Alias = text, CreatorId = u.Id, Thumbnail = "icon-folder", Icon = "icon-folder" };
             ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService.Save(mediaType, u.Id);
@@ -123,9 +119,9 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.media
 
             if (!e.Cancel)
             {
-                var current = User.GetCurrent();
-                int userId = current == null ? 0 : current.Id;
-                ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService.Save(MediaTypeItem, userId);
+                var current = Thread.CurrentPrincipal != null ? Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity as UmbracoBackOfficeIdentity : null;
+                var userId = current == null ? Attempt<int>.Fail() : current.Id.TryConvertTo<int>();
+                ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService.Save(MediaTypeItem, userId.Success ? userId.Result : 0);
 
                 base.Save();
 
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/Member.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/Member.cs
index f77209ce49..18b425dcf9 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/Member.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/Member.cs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.EntityBase;
 using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Querying;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.DataLayer;
 using System.Web.Security;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Linq;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using Umbraco.Core.Security;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
         /// <param name="mbt">Member type</param>
         /// <param name="u">The umbraco usercontext</param>
         /// <returns>The new member</returns>
-        public static Member MakeNew(string Name, MemberType mbt, User u)
+        public static Member MakeNew(string Name, MemberType mbt, IUser u)
         {
             return MakeNew(Name, "", "", mbt, u);
         }
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
         /// <param name="u">The umbraco usercontext</param>
         /// <param name="Email">The email of the user</param>
         /// <returns>The new member</returns>
-        public static Member MakeNew(string Name, string Email, MemberType mbt, User u)
+        public static Member MakeNew(string Name, string Email, MemberType mbt, IUser u)
         {
             return MakeNew(Name, "", Email, mbt, u);
         }
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
         /// <param name="u">The umbraco usercontext</param>
         /// <param name="Email">The email of the user</param>
         /// <returns>The new member</returns>
-        public static Member MakeNew(string Name, string LoginName, string Email, MemberType mbt, User u)
+        public static Member MakeNew(string Name, string LoginName, string Email, MemberType mbt, IUser u)
         {
             if (mbt == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("mbt");            
             var loginName = (string.IsNullOrEmpty(LoginName) == false) ? LoginName : Name;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberGroup.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberGroup.cs
index 70dd8b9af0..222c3f0032 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberGroup.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberGroup.cs
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 using System;
-using System.Data;
 using System.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.Querying;
-using umbraco.DataLayer;
-using System.Collections;
-using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
 {
@@ -160,7 +157,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
 		/// <param name="Name">The name of the MemberGroup</param>
 		/// <param name="u">The creator of the MemberGroup</param>
 		/// <returns>The new MemberGroup</returns>
-		public static MemberGroup MakeNew(string Name, BusinessLogic.User u) 
+		public static MemberGroup MakeNew(string Name, IUser u) 
 		{
 		    var group = new global::Umbraco.Core.Models.MemberGroup {Name = Name};
 		    ApplicationContext.Current.Services.MemberGroupService.Save(group);
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberType.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberType.cs
index b3ce6b1b69..9a950b6506 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/member/MemberType.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 using System;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using System.Xml;
-using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using System.Linq;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 using PropertyType = umbraco.cms.businesslogic.propertytype.PropertyType;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
@@ -154,7 +151,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.member
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="Text">The name of the MemberType</param>
         /// <param name="u">Creator of the MemberType</param>
-        public static MemberType MakeNew(User u, string Text)
+        public static MemberType MakeNew(IUser u, string Text)
         {
             var alias = Text.ToSafeAliasWithForcingCheck();
             //special case, if it stars with an underscore, we have to re-add it for member types
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/task/Task.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/task/Task.cs
index 678cd60225..131cb5a6da 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/task/Task.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/task/Task.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Data;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-
 using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using umbraco.DataLayer;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.task
 {
@@ -83,15 +78,15 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.task
         }
 	
 
-        private User _parentUser;
+        private IUser _parentUser;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the parent user.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The parent user.</value>
-        public User ParentUser
+        public IUser ParentUser
         {
-            get { return _parentUser ?? (_parentUser = new User(TaskEntity.OwnerUserId)); }
+            get { return _parentUser ?? (_parentUser = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(TaskEntity.OwnerUserId)); }
             set
             {
                 _parentUser = value;
@@ -119,15 +114,15 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.task
             set { TaskEntity.CreateDate = value; }
         }
 	
-        private User _user;
+        private IUser _user;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the user.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The user.</value>
-        public User User
+        public IUser User
         {
-            get { return _user ?? (_user = new User(TaskEntity.AssigneeUserId)); }
+            get { return _user ?? (_user = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(TaskEntity.AssigneeUserId)); }
             set
             {
                 _user = value;
@@ -238,7 +233,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.task
         /// <param name="User">The User who have the tasks assigned</param>
         /// <param name="IncludeClosed">If true both open and closed tasks will be returned</param>
         /// <returns>A collections of tasks</returns>
-        public static Tasks GetTasks(User User, bool IncludeClosed) 
+        public static Tasks GetTasks(IUser User, bool IncludeClosed) 
         {
             var result = new Tasks();
             var tasks = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TaskService.GetTasks(assignedUser:User.Id, includeClosed:IncludeClosed);
@@ -256,7 +251,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.task
         /// <param name="User">The User who have the tasks assigned</param>
         /// <param name="IncludeClosed">If true both open and closed tasks will be returned</param>
         /// <returns>A collections of tasks</returns>
-        public static Tasks GetOwnedTasks(User User, bool IncludeClosed) 
+        public static Tasks GetOwnedTasks(IUser User, bool IncludeClosed) 
         {
             var result = new Tasks();
             var tasks = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TaskService.GetTasks(ownerUser:User.Id, includeClosed: IncludeClosed);
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/template/Template.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/template/Template.cs
index c49c8e55a0..6942c99502 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/template/Template.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/template/Template.cs
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.template
 {
@@ -278,22 +278,22 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.template
             return DocumentType.GetAllAsList().Where(x => x.allowedTemplates.Select(t => t.Id).Contains(this.Id));
         }
 
-        public static Template MakeNew(string Name, User u, Template master)
+        public static Template MakeNew(string Name, IUser u, Template master)
         {
             return MakeNew(Name, u, master, null);
         }
         
-        private static Template MakeNew(string name, User u, string design)
+        private static Template MakeNew(string name, IUser u, string design)
         {
             return MakeNew(name, u, null, design);
         }
 
-        public static Template MakeNew(string name, User u)
+        public static Template MakeNew(string name, IUser u)
         {
             return MakeNew(name, u, design: null);
         }
 
-        private static Template MakeNew(string name, User u, Template master, string design)
+        private static Template MakeNew(string name, IUser u, Template master, string design)
         {
             var foundMaster = master == null ? null : ApplicationContext.Current.Services.FileService.GetTemplate(master.Id);
             var template = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.FileService.CreateTemplateWithIdentity(name, design, foundMaster, u.Id);
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.template
             return found == null ? null : new Template(found);
         }
 
-        public static Template Import(XmlNode n, User u)
+        public static Template Import(XmlNode n, IUser u)
         {
             var element = System.Xml.Linq.XElement.Parse(n.OuterXml);
             var templates = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.PackagingService.ImportTemplates(element, u.Id);
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/Document.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/Document.cs
index d3337c8d24..2b77b47284 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/Document.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/Document.cs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.EntityBase;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using umbraco.DataLayer;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
 {
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
         private int _template;
         private bool _published;
         private XmlNode _xml;
-        private User _creator;
-        private User _writer;
+        private IUser _creator;
+        private IUser _writer;
         private int? _writerId;
         private readonly bool _optimizedMode;
         protected internal IContent ContentEntity;
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
         /// Gets the user who created the document.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The creator.</value>
-        public User Creator
+        public IUser Creator
         {
             get
             {
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
         /// Gets the writer.
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The writer.</value>
-        public User Writer
+        public IUser Writer
         {
             get
             {
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
                     {
                         throw new NullReferenceException("Writer ID has not been specified for this document");
                     }
-                    _writer = User.GetUser(_writerId.Value);
+                    _writer = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(_writerId.Value);
                 }
                 return _writer;
             }
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
         
 
         [Obsolete("Obsolete, Use Umbraco.Core.Services.ContentService.PublishWithChildren()", false)]
-        public bool PublishWithChildrenWithResult(User u)
+        public bool PublishWithChildrenWithResult(IUser u)
         {
             var result = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentService.PublishWithChildrenWithStatus(ContentEntity, u.Id, true);
             //This used to just return false only when the parent content failed, otherwise would always return true so we'll
@@ -553,8 +553,8 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
                 Version = ContentEntity.Version;
 
             //Setting private properties from IContent replacing Document.setupNode()
-            _creator = User.GetUser(ContentEntity.CreatorId);
-            _writer = User.GetUser(ContentEntity.WriterId);
+            _creator = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(ContentEntity.CreatorId);
+            _writer = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(ContentEntity.WriterId);
             _updated = ContentEntity.UpdateDate;
 
             if (ContentEntity.Template != null)
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentType.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentType.cs
index 03d5abc201..159d5f8737 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentType.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentType.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections;
-using System.Text;
 using System.Xml;
 using System.Linq;
-using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
-using Umbraco.Core.Logging;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using umbraco.DataLayer;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Threading;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
+using Umbraco.Core.Security;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
 {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
         }
 
         [Obsolete("Obsolete, Use Umbraco.Core.Models.ContentType and Umbraco.Core.Services.ContentTypeService.Save()", false)]
-        public static DocumentType MakeNew(User u, string Text)
+        public static DocumentType MakeNew(IUser u, string Text)
         {
             var contentType = new Umbraco.Core.Models.ContentType(-1) { Name = Text, Alias = Text, CreatorId = u.Id, Thumbnail = "icon-folder", Icon = "icon-folder" };
             ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService.Save(contentType, u.Id);
@@ -410,9 +409,9 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
 
             if (!e.Cancel)
             {
-                var current = User.GetCurrent();
-                int userId = current == null ? 0 : current.Id;
-                ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService.Save(ContentType, userId);
+                var current = Thread.CurrentPrincipal != null ? Thread.CurrentPrincipal.Identity as UmbracoBackOfficeIdentity : null;
+                var userId = current == null ? Attempt<int>.Fail() : current.Id.TryConvertTo<int>();                
+                ApplicationContext.Current.Services.ContentTypeService.Save(ContentType, userId.Success ? userId.Result : 0);
 
                 base.Save();
                 FireAfterSave(e);
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentVersionList.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentVersionList.cs
index 095a3f2cd9..1ae89077f0 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentVersionList.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/DocumentVersionList.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 using System;
-using umbraco.BusinessLogic;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
 {
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
         private Guid _version;
         private DateTime _date;
         private string _text;
-        private User _user;
+        private IUser _user;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The unique id of the version
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
         /// <summary>
         /// The user which created the version
         /// </summary>
-        public User User
+        public IUser User
         {
             get { return _user; }
         }
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
         /// <param name="Date">Version createdate</param>
         /// <param name="Text">Version name</param>
         /// <param name="User">Creator</param>
-        public DocumentVersionList(Guid Version, DateTime Date, string Text, User User)
+        public DocumentVersionList(Guid Version, DateTime Date, string Text, IUser User)
         {
             _version = Version;
             _date = Date;
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/StyleSheet.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/StyleSheet.cs
index dfe4749a18..7c7006b074 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/StyleSheet.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/StyleSheet.cs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ using System.Xml;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
 {
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
             throw new NotSupportedException("The legacy " + typeof(T) + " API is no longer functional for retrieving stylesheets based on an integer ID. Stylesheets are no longer persisted in database tables. Use the new Umbraco.Core.Services.IFileSystem APIs instead of working with Umbraco stylesheets.");
         }
     
-        public static StyleSheet MakeNew(BusinessLogic.User user, string Text, string FileName, string Content)
+        public static StyleSheet MakeNew(IUser user, string Text, string FileName, string Content)
         {
 
             if (FileName.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
             return retval;
         }
         
-        public StylesheetProperty AddProperty(string Alias, BusinessLogic.User u)
+        public StylesheetProperty AddProperty(string Alias, IUser u)
         {
             return StylesheetProperty.MakeNew(Alias, this, u);
         }
@@ -216,7 +217,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
             return new StyleSheet(found);
         }
 
-        public static StyleSheet Import(XmlNode n, umbraco.BusinessLogic.User u)
+        public static StyleSheet Import(XmlNode n, IUser u)
         {
             string stylesheetName = XmlHelper.GetNodeValue(n.SelectSingleNode("Name"));
             StyleSheet s = GetByName(stylesheetName);
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/StylesheetProperty.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/StylesheetProperty.cs
index 414c63ea05..fb815bc075 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/StylesheetProperty.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/web/StylesheetProperty.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
 using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
 {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.web
             set { StylesheetProp.Value = value; }
         }
 
-        public static StylesheetProperty MakeNew(string Text, StyleSheet sheet, BusinessLogic.User user)
+        public static StylesheetProperty MakeNew(string Text, StyleSheet sheet, IUser user)
         {
             //we need to create it with a temp place holder!
             var prop = new Umbraco.Core.Models.StylesheetProperty(Text, "#" + Text.ToSafeAlias(), "");
diff --git a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/workflow/Notification.cs b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/workflow/Notification.cs
index 397ff720f9..f7f7e48fd5 100644
--- a/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/workflow/Notification.cs
+++ b/src/umbraco.cms/businesslogic/workflow/Notification.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Services;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.Linq;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 using System.Web;
 using Umbraco.Core;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ using Umbraco.Core.Models.Rdbms;
 using umbraco.DataLayer;
 using umbraco.interfaces;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
+using Umbraco.Core.Models.Membership;
 
 namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
 {
@@ -53,19 +55,27 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
         /// <param name="node">The node.</param>
         /// <param name="user">The user.</param>
         /// <param name="action">The action.</param>
-        public static void GetNotifications(CMSNode node, User user, IAction action)
+        public static void GetNotifications(CMSNode node, IUser user, IAction action)
         {
-            User[] allUsers = User.getAll();
-            foreach (User u in allUsers)
+
+            int totalUsers;
+            var allUsers = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetAll(0, int.MaxValue, out totalUsers);
+            foreach (var u in allUsers)
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    if (u.Disabled == false && u.GetNotifications(node.Path).IndexOf(action.Letter.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), StringComparison.Ordinal) > -1)
+                    if (u.IsApproved)
                     {
-                        LogHelper.Debug<Notification>(string.Format("Notification about {0} sent to {1} ({2})", 
-                            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize("actions/" + action.Alias, u.UserEntity.GetUserCulture(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService)),
+                        //TODO: N+1 !!!!
+                        var notifications = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.NotificationService.GetUserNotifications(u, node.Path);
+                        
+                        if (notifications.Any(x => x.Action.InvariantEquals(action.Letter.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture))))
+                        {
+                            LogHelper.Debug<Notification>(string.Format("Notification about {0} sent to {1} ({2})",
+                            ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize("actions/" + action.Alias, u.GetUserCulture(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService)),
                             u.Name, u.Email));
-                        SendNotification(user, u, (Document)node, action);
+                            SendNotification(user, u, (Document)node, action);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 catch (Exception notifyExp)
@@ -76,7 +86,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
         }
 
         //TODO: Include update with html mail notification and document contents
-        private static void SendNotification(User performingUser, User mailingUser, Document documentObject, IAction action)
+        private static void SendNotification(IUser performingUser, IUser mailingUser, Document documentObject, IAction action)
         {
             var nService = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.NotificationService;
             var pUser = ApplicationContext.Current.Services.UserService.GetUserById(performingUser.Id);
@@ -84,10 +94,10 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
             nService.SendNotifications(
                 pUser, documentObject.ContentEntity, action.Letter.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture), ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize(action.Alias), 
                 new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current),
-                (user, strings) => ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize("notifications/mailSubject", mailingUser.UserEntity.GetUserCulture(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService), strings),
+                (user, strings) => ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize("notifications/mailSubject", mailingUser.GetUserCulture(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService), strings),
                 (user, strings) => UmbracoConfig.For.UmbracoSettings().Content.DisableHtmlEmail
-                    ? ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize("notifications/mailBody", mailingUser.UserEntity.GetUserCulture(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService), strings)
-                    : ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize("notifications/mailBodyHtml", mailingUser.UserEntity.GetUserCulture(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService), strings));
+                    ? ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize("notifications/mailBody", mailingUser.GetUserCulture(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService), strings)
+                    : ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService.Localize("notifications/mailBodyHtml", mailingUser.GetUserCulture(ApplicationContext.Current.Services.TextService), strings));
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -95,7 +105,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user"></param>
         /// <returns></returns>
-        public static IEnumerable<Notification> GetUserNotifications(User user)
+        public static IEnumerable<Notification> GetUserNotifications(IUser user)
         {
             var items = new List<Notification>();
             var dtos = ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database.Fetch<User2NodeNotifyDto>(
@@ -152,7 +162,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
         /// Delete notifications by user
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user"></param>
-        public static void DeleteNotifications(User user)
+        public static void DeleteNotifications(IUser user)
         {
             // delete all settings on the node for this node id
             ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database.Delete<User2NodeNotifyDto>("WHERE userId = @userId",
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="user"></param>
         /// <param name="node"></param>
-        public static void DeleteNotifications(User user, CMSNode node)
+        public static void DeleteNotifications(IUser user, CMSNode node)
         {
             // delete all settings on the node for this user
             ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database.Delete<User2NodeNotifyDto>(
@@ -178,7 +188,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
         /// <param name="node">The node.</param>
         /// <param name="actionLetter">The action letter.</param>
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)]
-        public static void MakeNew(User user, CMSNode node, char actionLetter)
+        public static void MakeNew(IUser user, CMSNode node, char actionLetter)
         {
             bool exists = ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database.ExecuteScalar<int>(
                 "SELECT COUNT(userId) FROM umbracoUser2nodeNotify WHERE userId = @userId AND nodeId = @nodeId AND action = @action", 
@@ -202,7 +212,7 @@ namespace umbraco.cms.businesslogic.workflow
         /// <param name="node">The node.</param>
         /// <param name="notifications">The notifications.</param>
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.Synchronized)]
-        public static void UpdateNotifications(User user, CMSNode node, string notifications)
+        public static void UpdateNotifications(IUser user, CMSNode node, string notifications)
         {
             // delete all settings on the node for this user
             DeleteNotifications(user, node);