User-349297501 posted
if you machine or server are already using active directory, then you can use directly without using a connection string like this:
DirectorySearcher searcher = new System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher("(samaccountname=johndoe)");
SearchResult result=searcher.FindOne();
DirectoryEntry dentry= result.GetDirectoryEntry();
string fullname=dentry.Properties["displayName"].Value.ToString();
in this case, the samAccountname is the short name o domain user that you are searching, if you need for example, searching all that star with the letter B, you can define a filter in the searcher:
searcher.Filter = ("(&(objectCategory=person)(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=B*"))");
and interate the results:
System.DirectoryServices.SearchResultCollection userlist= searcher.FindAll();
for(int i=0;i<userlist.Count;i++)
{
userlist[i].Properties["displayName"].ToString();
}
There area a lot of properties in the activedirectory for example:
TelephoneNumber,IPphone,Mobile ,Department,manager,employeeId,displayName,Name,givenName
But, you need to check with your active directory admin, in other way, you can extract the properties names with this code snippet:
List<string> propnames = new List<string>();
System.DirectoryServices.PropertyCollection colprop;
foreach(System.DirectoryServices.PropertyValueCollection elem in dentry.Properties)
{
propnames.Add(elem.PropertyName);
}
And check the contect of the string list to view what properties area available.
