C# Network Programming

Working with Active Directory The Microsoft Active Directory (AD) system replaces the older Windows NT domain system. With the release of Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft converted the domain system to an LDAP database model. Instead of holdin...

Using C# to Access a Network Directory The main .NET class for working with network directory services objects is the DirectoryEntry class, found in the System.DirectoryServices namespace. The DirectoryEntry class allows you to bind to a dir...

Modifying Directory Data After you bind a variable to the network directory service object, you can use the DirectoryEntry properties and methods to retrieve and manipulate either the object itself or its attributes. Warning  With...

Searching the Network Directory One of the most frequently used functions within network directory services is searching for information. To help make this job easier, the .NET library includes the DirectorySearcher class, which provides a...

Summary This chapter describes how to use the classes in the System.DirectoryServices namespace to access AD and other network directory service servers from your C# applications. The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) defines net...