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Chapter 18. User and Group Management in the Active Directory

In This Chapter:
Directory Class User	335
Creating a User Account	339
Authentication	341
Deleting Users	342
Renaming User Accounts	342
Moving User Accounts	343
Group Management	343
Organizational Units	346

This chapter provides some examples of the use of classes of the namespace System.Directoryservices to access Microsoft Active Directory. Specifically, you will learn how to manage user accounts, groups, and organizational units.

Directory Class User

A user entry in the Active Directory (AD class user) possesses numerous directory attributes. A mandatory attribute, owned by all user entries, is SAMAccountName, which contains the Windows NT 3.51/NT 4.0-compatible login name.

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