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Active Directory via C#

There is a requirement to perform CRUD operation on an Active Directory and we need to create it on C#. The following code will help an engineer accordingly:

Create

using (DirectoryEntry directoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP:\\url\ou", "username", "password"))
                {
                    using (DirectoryEntry newUser = directoryEntry.Children.Add("CN=Name", "User"))
                    {
                        if (!DirectoryEntry.Exists(newUser.Path))
                        {
                            newUser.Properties["property1"].Add(propertyValue);
                            newUser.CommitChanges();
                            ret = true;
                        }
                    }
                }

Update

using (DirectoryEntry directoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP:\\url\ou", "username", "password"))
                {
                    using (DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(directoryEntry))
                    {
                        search.Filter = String.Format("(IdentifierProperty={0})", identifier);
                        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("property1");
                        SearchResult result = search.FindOne();
                        if (result != null)
                        {
                            using (DirectoryEntry entryToUpdate = result.GetDirectoryEntry())
                            {
                                entryToUpdate.Properties["property1"].Value = "property1value";
                                entryToUpdate.CommitChanges();
                                ret = true;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

Delete

using (DirectoryEntry directoryEntry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP:\\url\ou", "username", "password"))
                {
                    using (DirectorySearcher search = new DirectorySearcher(directoryEntry))
                    {
                        search.Filter = String.Format("(IdentifierProperty={0})", identifier);
                        search.PropertiesToLoad.Add("property1");
                        SearchResult result = search.FindOne();
                        if (result != null)
                        {
                            using (DirectoryEntry entryToUpdate = result.GetDirectoryEntry())
                            {
                                directoryEntry.Children.Remove(entryToUpdate);
                                directoryEntry.CommitChanges();
                                ret = true;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }

Active Directory Explorer v1.42

Hi There,

Active Directory Explorer is a Microsoft Utility that can be used to access the Active Directory of your company or your personal system so that you can check and navigate through your users. This can list all the domains, directories and users registered to each directories. You can also do search functionality and modifications.

Source : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963907.aspx

You can download a mirror of the file here AdExplorer.

Thanks,