User creation....

6 Nov 2006 8:26 PM

Joe

I am fairly new at .NET programming so excuse this basic question.

I have an application that I would like to create a user in AD with based on a
Template account that exists. The information about the user will be provided
by a provisioning database.

My problem is I am not sure of the best way to go about this.

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

6 Nov 2006 8:58 PM

Joe Kaplan

We wrote a book about this kind of stuff. The chapter on user management
(10) is the freebie chapter offered by the publisher (pdf), so you might
consider downloading it and reading it to see if it helps you. See the link
in the sig to find it. If you like it, you might like the rest of the book
too, especially if you are new to programming AD.

Note that you might want to consider a product like MIIS, which is designed
to implement provisioning processes for identity systems like AD using
databases as sources. It is not cheap, but it is very powerful and will
likely save you a lot of time and money in the long run.

Joe K.

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Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming"
http://www.directoryprogramming.net
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"Joe" <J**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am fairly new at .NET programming so excuse this basic question.
>
> I have an application that I would like to create a user in AD with based
> on a
> Template account that exists. The information about the user will be
> provided
> by a provisioning database.
>
> My problem is I am not sure of the best way to go about this.
>
> Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.

8 Nov 2006 2:48 PM

Joe

Joe,

Thanks for the link. I actually ran across a posting of yours and went
looking for the
book at my local bookstore, but they didn't have it.

I will make it a point to pick up that book.

Thanks for the help.

Joe

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"Joe Kaplan" wrote:

> We wrote a book about this kind of stuff. The chapter on user management
> (10) is the freebie chapter offered by the publisher (pdf), so you might
> consider downloading it and reading it to see if it helps you. See the link
> in the sig to find it. If you like it, you might like the rest of the book
> too, especially if you are new to programming AD.
>
> Note that you might want to consider a product like MIIS, which is designed
> to implement provisioning processes for identity systems like AD using
> databases as sources. It is not cheap, but it is very powerful and will
> likely save you a lot of time and money in the long run.
>
> Joe K.
>
> --
> Joe Kaplan-MS MVP Directory Services Programming
> Co-author of "The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming"
> http://www.directoryprogramming.net
> --
> "Joe" <J**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0A7B64A6-09FA-4682-900B-92AA4A3438D9@microsoft.com...
> >I am fairly new at .NET programming so excuse this basic question.
> >
> > I have an application that I would like to create a user in AD with based
> > on a
> > Template account that exists. The information about the user will be
> > provided
> > by a provisioning database.
> >
> > My problem is I am not sure of the best way to go about this.
> >
> > Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
>
>