.Net Active Directory Wrapper Plus

.Net Active Directory Wrapper Plus is a packaged Visual Studio solution that includes a wrapper class that facilitates access and control of Active Directory functions from VB.Net or C# code. It includes a sample Windows application to demonstrate how to use the different functions and features in the class.

The Plus version features a more robust class structure, 16 more Active Directory functions and a richer Windows sample application that demonstrates the use of threading when using those functions to improve efficiency and application response time.

-> Click here to see a Flash Demo of the various features.

Feature List Comparison

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	Feature	Wrapper Plus	Wrapper Lite
	Authentication to AD
	Create user
	Delete User
	Change user password
	Check if user exists
	Check if a user belongs to a group
	Enable User
	Disable User
	Add user to group
	Listing all AD groups
	Listing all AD users
	Creating a new group
	Delete a group
	Remove user from group
	Display all user properties
	Edit user properties
	Searching users by username
	Searching users by email
	Searching users using masks
	Searching groups
	Searching group using masks
	Quick object property lookup
	Uses User object and Group object in code (strongly typed objects)
	Source code included
	Demonstration of threading

Authentication to AD

This feature allows you to authenticate against ad. This is done by passing in a username and a password.

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Function

public bool Login( string username, string password)

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Creating user

This feature allows you to create a new LDAP user.

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Function

public LdapUser CreateUser( string username,

string firstname,

string initial,

string lastname,

string fullname,

string password)

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Deleting user

This feature will allow you to delete a user

Member of

LDAPUser Class

Function

public void Delete()

Change user password

Allows you to change the users password.

Member of

LDAPUser Class

Function

public void SetPassword( string password)

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Check if user exists

Returns a true or false whether the passed username exists in AD or not.

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Function

public bool UserExists( string username)

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Check if user belongs to an Active Directory Group

Checks to see if the given user belongs to a specific AD group

Member of

LDAPGroup

Function

IsUserInGroup(LDAPuser user)

Enable User

Enables the user

Member of

LDAPUser Class

Function

public void Enable()

Disable User

Disables the user

Member of

LDAPUser Class

Function

public void Disable()

Add user to group

Adds a user to a group

Member of

LDAPUser Class

Function

public void AddGroup(LdapGroup group)

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Listing all AD groups

Returns a collection of all existing groups in Active Directory

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Function

public LdapGroupCollection GetGroups()

Listing all AD users

Returns a collection of all existing Active Directory users

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Function

public LdapUserCollection GetUsers()

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Creating a new group

Creates a new Active Directory group

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Function

public LdapGroup CreateGroup( string group, string description)

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Deleting a group

Deletes a group from Active Directory

Member of

LDAPGroup Class

Function

public void Delete()

Remove a user from group

Removes the user from a given Active Directory group

Member of

LDAPGroup Class

Function

public LdapGroup RemoveUser(LdapUser user)

Display all user properties

All Active Directory object contain a collection of properties

Member of

LDAPUser Class

Property

public Hashtable Properties

Update user properties

All objects in Active Directory could be saved after being changed.

Member of

LDAPUser Class

Function

public virtual void Save()

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Searching users by username

Returns a collection of all users that contain the given string in their username

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Function

public LdapUserCollection GetUsers(UserProperty.Username,

string propertyValue)

Searching users by email

Returns a collection of all users that contain have the given email in their property collection

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Function

public LdapUserCollection GetUsers(UserProperty.Email,

string propertyValue)

Searching users using masks

Including the '*' in searching of username adds powerful features to the search

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Searching groups

Returns a collection of AD groups with the specified string.

Searching groups using masks

Member of

LDAPManager Class

Including the '*' in searching of groups adds features to the search:

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Quick object property lookup

Returns the value of the specified property for a given user object

Member of

LDAPUser Class

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Uses strongly typed object (User and Group)

LDAPManager Class

The LDAP Manager class contains methods that are not necessarily associated to an object. Examples are creating groups, getting a complete list of users from AD. The properties and methods used in the LDAPManager Class are shown below. The LDAPManager class is a sealed class and cannot be instantiated.

The LDAPManager Class is the class that is used to connect to Active Directory. This is done by providing the class with the:

Domain:

Username:

Password:

Path:

Server:

And then calling the Login Method

The ADObject Class

The ADObject class is the base class for the LDAPGroup and LDAPUser classes.

LDAPGroup Class

The LDAPGroup Class represents an LDAP Group object.

The following are members of the LDAPGroup Class:

LDAPUser Class