Wrapper API for using Microsoft Active Directory Services

Syed Adnan Ahmed

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If you develop web applications with Microsoft® ASP.NET and have the need to secure your site from unauthorized access, you have surely investigated the various authentication and authorization techniques that ASP.NET 1.x enables. This article discusses how to use Microsoft Active Directory Services

wrapper_api_src.zip
- WrapperAPIArticle
  - C#.NET Version
    - ADCCSharp.csproj
    - ADCCSharp.csproj.user
    - ADCCSharp.sln
    - ADGroup.cs
    - ADManager.cs
    - ADUser.cs
    - AssemblyInfo.cs
    - bin
      - Release
        
        ADCCSharp.dll
    - Utility.cs
  - Configuration Files
    - App.config
    - Web.config
  - VB.NET Version
    - ActiveDirectory.sln
    - ActiveDirectory.vbproj
    - ActiveDirectory.vbproj.user
    - ADGroup.vb
    - ADManager.vb
    - ADUser.vb
    - AssemblyInfo.vb
    - bin
      - ActiveDirectory.dll
    - Utility.vb
wrapper_api.zip
- Wrapper API
  - C#.NET Version
    - ADCCSharp.dll
  - Configuration Files
    - App.config
    - Web.config
  - VB.NET Version
    - ActiveDirectory.dll

Imports System
Imports System.Reflection
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices

' General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
' set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
' associated with an assembly.

' Review the values of the assembly attributes

<Assembly: AssemblyTitle("Wrapper API For System.DirectoryServices")> 
<Assembly: AssemblyDescription("Active Directory Services is a bit complex so to make it more users friendly I created a wrapper API which performs all the operations as developer needs in order to navigate the active directory. ")> 
<Assembly: AssemblyCompany("")> 
<Assembly: AssemblyProduct("")> 
<Assembly: AssemblyCopyright("All Rights Rserved by the Author, Syed Adnan Ahmed (adnanahmed235@yahoo.com)")> 
<Assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")> 
<Assembly: CLSCompliant(True)> 

'The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
<Assembly: Guid("AD891774-F287-4EA7-8853-02B4054E6654")> 

' Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
'
'      Major Version
'      Minor Version 
'      Build Number
'      Revision
'
' You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
' by using the '*' as shown below:

<Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")>

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Syed Adnan Ahmed

Architect Version 1

Ireland

Adnan Ahmed is SharePoint Architect in Version 1(http://www.version1.com), the IT Consulting Company in Ireland and has involved with many large enterprises to help them realise real benefits of SharePoint 2007|2010.

SharePoint Architect | Blogger | IT Evangelist | MCPD SharePoint 2010 Developer| MCITP SharePoint Administrator 2010

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