Getting a list of Active Directory Groups using C# or VB .Net

The method returns a string array of all groups in Active Directory.

Method: GetGroupList

Parameters:  none

Precondition

An instance of the LDAP manager must be instantiated for a valid ADDS server and be logged in

Functionality

The method is called passing the Username as a string. Two things can then occur:

The method is called without parameters.

1. A string array of usernames is returned.
2. An Exception will be thrown for other errors

Example

Where LdapConnection is an instance of LdapManager

Post Condition

The LdapConnection remains logged on