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Active Directory, Second Edition
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Active Directory, Second Edition

by Robbie Allen, Alistair G. Lowe-Norris
April 2003
Intermediate to advanced
688 pages
22h 8m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Overview of System.DirectoryServices

The System.DirectoryServices namespace contains several classes, many of which were built on top of ADSI. If you are already familiar with ADSI, the learning curve for the System.DirectoryServices classes should be pretty minimal. Table 28-1 contains the base classes contained within the System.DirectoryServices namespace.

Table 28-1. System.DirectoryServices classes

Class name

Description

DirectoryEntries

Contains the children (child entries) of an entry in Active Directory.

DirectoryEntry

Encapsulates a node or object in the Active Directory hierarchy.

DirectorySearcher

Performs queries against Active Directory.

DirectoryServicesPermission

Allows control of code access security permissions for System.DirectoryServices.

DirectoryServicesPermissionAttribute

Allows declarative System.DirectoryServices permission checks.

DirectoryServicesPermissionEntry

Defines the smallest unit of a code access security permission set for System.DirectoryServices.

DirectoryServicesPermissionEntryCollection

Contains a strongly typed collection of DirectoryServicesPermissionEntry objects.

PropertyCollection

Contains the properties of a DirectoryEntry.

PropertyValueCollection

Contains the values of a DirectoryEntry property.

ResultPropertyCollection

Contains the properties of a SearchResult instance.

ResultPropertyValueCollection

Contains the values of a SearchResult property.

SchemaNameCollection

Contains a list of the schema names that the ...

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