Understanding LDAP
Light Weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is an open network protocol standard designed to provide access to distributed directories. LDAP provides a mechanism to query or modify information that exists in a directory information tree (DIT). A DIT may contain a broad range of information about different types of objects that might include users, printers, applications, and other network resources.
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You'll learn about:
| • | LDAP Fundamentals (we'll talk about the four models that describe LDAP) |
| • | Various additional concepts like ports, referrals, controls, rootDSE, administrative query policies, etc. that are relevant to the understanding of LDAP |
| • | The various LDAP tools helpful in troubleshooting and managing the Active Directory. These include ldp.exe (generic LDAP query and update tool), ldifde.exe, csvde.exe (import/export tools), ntdsutil.exe, and modifyquery.vbs (query policy management tools) |
| • | How to capture and interpret various LDAP errors |
Session prerequisites:
| • | Basic knowledge of directory concepts |
Additional Information:
MS Strategy for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)
Designing Distributed Applications With XML, ASP, IE5, LDAP and MSMQ
