Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) is a programmatic interface for
Microsoft Windows Active Directory. It enables your applications to interact
with diverse directories on a network, using a single interface. Visual
Studio .NET and the .NET Framework make it easy to add ADSI functionality
with the DirectoryEntry and DirectorySearcher components.
Using ADSI, you can create applications that perform common administrative
tasks, such as backing up databases, accessing printers, and administering
user accounts. ADSI makes it possible for you to:
Log on once to work with diverse directories. The DirectoryEntry component
class provides username and password properties that can be entered at
runtime and communicated to the Active Directory object you are binding to.
Use a single application programming interface (API) to perform tasks on
multiple directory systems by offering the user a variety of protocols to use.
The DirectoryServices namespace provides the classes to perform most
administrative functions.
Perform "rich querying" on directory systems. ADSI technology allows for
searching for an object by specifying two query dialects: SQL and LDAP.
Access and use a single, hierarchical structure for administering and
maintaining diverse and complicated network configurations by accessing an
Active Directory tree.
Integrate directory information with databases such as SQL Server. The
DirectoryEntry path may be used as an ADO.NET connection string provided
that it is using the LDAP provider.
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| Author: mahendrakiran 13 Nov 2008 | Member Level: Gold Points : 2 |
Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) is a set of COM interfaces used to access the features of directory services from different network providers.
ADSI is used in a distributed computing environment to present a single set of directory service interfaces for managing network resources.
Administrators and developers can use ADSI services to enumerate and manage the resources in a directory service, no matter which network environment contains the resource.
ADSI enables common administrative tasks, such as 1)Adding new users.
2)Managing printers.
3)locating resources in a distributed computing environment.
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