Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Active Directory™ Programming

Author Charles Oppermann Pages 480 Disk 1 Companion CD(s) Level Intermediate Published 05/30/2001 ISBN 9780735610378 ISBN-10 0-7356-1037-1 Price(USD) $49.99 To see this book's discounted price, select a reseller below.	More Information About the Book Table of Contents Sample Chapter Index Related Series Related Books About the Author Support: Book & CD Rate this book

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvii
Introduction	xix
PART I OVERVIEW OF ACTIVE DIRECTORY
1 Introduction to Directory Services	3
Network Computing Long Ago	3
What Is a Directory?	6
What Is a Directory Service?	7
A Brief History of Directories	8
Domain Name System	9
X.500 Directory Service	10
The Advent of LDAP	12
The Present State of Directories	13
Active Directory Features	14
2 Active Directory Architecture	17
Active Directory Concepts	17
Objects and Attributes	18
Schema	18
Domains	19
Namespaces	23
Trees and Forests	23
Organizational Units	25
Security	26
Directory Partitions and Naming Contexts	26
Global Catalog	28
Multimaster Operations	28
Replication	30
Active Directory Components	36
Directory System Agent	37
Security Accounts Manager	37
Database Layer	37
Extensible Storage Engine	38
Examples of Services That Use Active Directory	39
Network Services	39
Dynamic DNS Service	40
IntelliMirror Service	40
Tools for Active Directory	42
Administrative Tools	42
Active Directory Schema	43
ADSI Edit	45
Ldp	45
Ntdsutil	46
ADSI Viewer	47
Summary	48
3 Programming Interfaces for Active Directory	49
Incredibly Simple Sample	49
Interfaces to Active Directory	51
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol	51
Active Directory Service Interfaces	57
Relationship Between ADSI and Active Directory	60
Deciding on the Best Interface	60
The Programming Language Makes a Difference	60
Platform Considerations	61
Performance	62
Documentation and Resources	62
What This Book Uses	62
But First … a COM Primer	63
What Is COM?	63
COM Interfaces	64
Methods and Properties	66
Automation	66
COM Example	67
Accessing Objects	68
ADSI and COM	72
What Is an ADSI Object?	72
ADSI Interfaces	72
Summary	76
PART II PROGRAMMING WITH ACTIVE DIRECTORY
4 Connecting to Active Directory	79
Step by Step	79
Binding	80
Getting an ADSI Object	81
ADsPath	83
Distinguished Name and Relative Distinguished Name	84
Naming Attributes	85
Objects and Containers	87
Stringing It Together	87
Got Object?	87
Binding Options	92
Serverless Binding	92
RootDSE	94
Global Catalog	98
GUID Binding	101
Authentication	107
Performance Considerations When Binding	112
Summary	114
5 Searching Active Directory	115
Search Technologies	115
A Searching Sample Using ADO and VBScript	117
Phone Sample	118
Gathering Input	122
Query Statement	124
Using ADO	135
Using IDirectorySearch	142
Search Options	146
Referrals	146
Asynchronous Searches	149
Authentication and Security	150
Search Limits	151
Performance	152
Summary	153
6 Reading and Writing Directory Data	155
Directory Attributes	155
Naming Conventions	156
Terminology	157
Attributes vs. Properties	157
Reading Attributes	158
The Get Method	162
Handling Errors in ADSI	163
Properties and Attributes Revisited	166
Reading Multivalued Attributes	168
The GetEx Method	172
Named Properties or the Get Method: Which Is Better?	173
Accessing Properties in Yet Another Way	174
The Property Cache	174
The GetInfo Method	175
The GetInfoEx Method	176
Writing Attributes	177
ADSI Properties	177
The Put Method	182
The SetInfo Method	183
Writing Multivalued Attributes	184
The PutEx Method	184
Containers	188
Enumerating Containers	189
Adding Objects	194
Deleting Objects	195
Easy Deleting with IADsDeleteOps	195
Creating and Deleting Objects Sample	196
Summary	198
7 Advanced Properties and Values	199
Trolling for Properties	199
The Property Cache Interfaces	202
IADsPropertyList	204
PropertyEntry and PropertyValue Objects	206
Value Data Types	208
Monster Property Cache Interfaces Sample	212
IDirectoryObject	221
Using IDirectoryObject from C and C++	221
GetObjectInformation	226
GetObjectAttributes	227
Writing Attributes with SetObjectAttributes	231
Summary	232
8 The Active Directory User Interface	233
But First, a Note from Our Sponsor…	233
Common Dialog Boxes	234
Container Browser Dialog Box	234
Domain Browser Dialog Box	244
Object Picker Dialog Box	246
Display Specifiers	253
Display Specifiers Background	256
International Support	258
IDsDisplaySpecifier	259
Display Specifier Sample	260
Summary	264
PART III SPECIAL TOPICS
9 Active Directory Schema	267
Understanding the Schema	267
Object Classes	267
Object Attributes	268
Syntaxes	268
Object Identifiers	269
Schema Structure	270
Abstract Schema	274
Tools for Exploring the Schema	278
Working with Classes	282
Class Inheritance	283
Security	285
Class Categories	287
Object Classes and Object Categories	289
Object Naming	293
IADsClass	295
Working with Attributes	300
Types of Attributes	302
IADsProperty	303
Attribute Syntaxes	306
IADsSyntax	310
Extending the Schema	310
The Process for Extending the Schema	311
When to Extend the Schema	311
Determining the Method of Extension	313
Enabling Schema Changes	313
Obtaining an Object Identifier	324
Creating Schema Objects	326
Updating the Schema Cache	333
ExtendSchema Sample	336
Summary	340
10 Active Directory Administration Using Windows Script	341
Windows Scripting	341
Windows Script Host	342
Windows Script Files	342
Windows Script Object Model	343
Type Libraries	345
Creating and Editing Scripts	347
Managing Users	348
The IADsUser Interface	348
Creating Users	351
Passwords	357
Managing Groups	360
Types of Groups	361
ADSI Group Interfaces	362
Creating a Group	363
Enumerating Groups	366
Modifying Group Membership	367
Managing Computers	371
Managing Services	374
Managing Print Queues	375
Volumes	379
Summary	383
11 The Web and Beyond	385
Active Directory and ASP	385
Authentication	391
Basic Authentication	395
COM+ Components	396
Windows Platform Considerations	397
Using the WinNT Provider with Active Directory	399
ADSI Versions	399
Determining the ADSI Version	400
Whistler	402
Dynamic Objects	404
Application Partitions	406
inetOrgPerson	406
Virtual List View Searching	409
User Interface Enhancements	416
Summary	417
APPENDIX  Active Directory Resources	419
INDEX	423

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Last Updated: Saturday, July 7, 2001