Fine-tune Your Active Directory Operations with .NET
Accessing and modifying objects in Active Directory from .NET languages is a straightforward process, thanks to built-in support in the .NET framework.
by Joydip Kanjilal
December 19, 2006
he .NET framework provides strong support for accessing Active Directory Services, letting you create, edit, delete, and search for directory objects efficiently. This article discusses the benefits of Active Directory Services, its specific features, and how to manipulate Active Directory objects using .NET code.
To implement the techniques discussed in the article, the minimum requirements are:
.NET framework: version 1.1 or higher
Operating System: Windows XP/2000 or higher
I won't discuss how to install and configure Active Directory in this article, but here are links to installation instructions for Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2003 Server.
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