System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement
9.0.6
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.NET 8.0
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.NET Standard 2.0
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.NET Framework 4.6.2
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There is a newer prerelease version of this package available.
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dotnet add package System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement --version 9.0.6
NuGet\Install-Package System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement -Version 9.0.6
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement" Version="9.0.6" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement" Version="9.0.6" />
<PackageReference Include="System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement" />
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.
paket add System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement --version 9.0.6
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#r "nuget: System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement, 9.0.6"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement&version=9.0.6
#tool nuget:?package=System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement&version=9.0.6
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About
Provides uniform access and manipulation of security principals across multiple principal stores. The principal objects in the Account Management API include computer, group and user objects. The principal stores includes:
- Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
- Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
- Machine SAM (MSAM).
Key Features
- Basic directory operations such as creating and updating security principals. The application requires less knowledge of the underlying stores to perform these operations.
- Applications can extend the object model to include new types of directory objects.
- Account management tasks, such as enabling and disabling a user account.
- Cross-store support allows group objects in the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), and Machine SAM (MSAM) databases to contain members from different types of stores.
- Query by example searching, available on the PrincipalSearcher class, enables applications to set properties on a principal object and search the selected store for other objects that contain matching property values.
- Enhanced search on computer, user and group principal objects enables applications to search the selected store for matching principal objects.
- Recursive search, available on the group principal object, enables applications to search a group recursively and return only principal objects that are leaf nodes.
- Credential validation against the Machine SAM, AD DS, and AD LS stores.
- Connections speeds are increased by using the Fast Concurrent Bind (FSB) feature when available. Connection caching decreases the number of ports used.
How to Use
// Create the principal context for the usr object.
PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, "fabrikam.com", "CN=Users,DC=fabrikam,DC=com", "administrator", "securelyStoredPassword");
// Create the principal user object from the context.
UserPrincipal usr = new UserPrincipal(ctx);
usr.AdvancedSearchFilter.LastLogonTime(DateTime.Now, MatchType.LessThan);
usr.AdvancedSearchFilter.LastLogonTime(DateTime.Yesterday, MatchType.GreaterThan);
// Create a PrincipalSearcher object.
PrincipalSearcher ps = new PrincipalSearcher(usr);
PrincipalSearchResult<Principal> fr = ps.FindAll();
foreach (UserPrincipal u in results)
{
Console.WriteLine(u.Name);
}
Main Types
The main types provided by this library are:
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalContextSystem.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.PrincipalSearcherSystem.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.Principaland its subclasses:System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.UserPrincipal,System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.GroupPrincipalandSystem.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.ComputerPrincipal
Additional Documentation
- Conceptual documentations:
- API documentation
Related Packages
Feedback & Contributing
System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.
| Product | Versions Compatible and additional computed target framework versions. |
|---|---|
| .NET | net5.0 was computed. net5.0-windows was computed. net6.0 was computed. net6.0-android was computed. net6.0-ios was computed. net6.0-maccatalyst was computed. net6.0-macos was computed. net6.0-tvos was computed. net6.0-windows was computed. net7.0 was computed. net7.0-android was computed. net7.0-ios was computed. net7.0-maccatalyst was computed. net7.0-macos was computed. net7.0-tvos was computed. net7.0-windows was computed. net8.0 is compatible. net8.0-android was computed. net8.0-browser was computed. net8.0-ios was computed. net8.0-maccatalyst was computed. net8.0-macos was computed. net8.0-tvos was computed. net8.0-windows was computed. net9.0 is compatible. net9.0-android was computed. net9.0-browser was computed. net9.0-ios was computed. net9.0-maccatalyst was computed. net9.0-macos was computed. net9.0-tvos was computed. net9.0-windows was computed. net10.0 was computed. net10.0-android was computed. net10.0-browser was computed. net10.0-ios was computed. net10.0-maccatalyst was computed. net10.0-macos was computed. net10.0-tvos was computed. net10.0-windows was computed. |
| .NET Core | netcoreapp2.0 was computed. netcoreapp2.1 was computed. netcoreapp2.2 was computed. netcoreapp3.0 was computed. netcoreapp3.1 was computed. |
| .NET Standard | netstandard2.0 is compatible. netstandard2.1 was computed. |
| .NET Framework | net461 was computed. net462 is compatible. net463 was computed. net47 was computed. net471 was computed. net472 was computed. net48 was computed. net481 was computed. |
| MonoAndroid | monoandroid was computed. |
| MonoMac | monomac was computed. |
| MonoTouch | monotouch was computed. |
| Tizen | tizen40 was computed. tizen60 was computed. |
| Xamarin.iOS | xamarinios was computed. |
| Xamarin.Mac | xamarinmac was computed. |
| Xamarin.TVOS | xamarintvos was computed. |
| Xamarin.WatchOS | xamarinwatchos was computed. |
Compatible target framework(s)
Included target framework(s) (in package)
Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.
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.NETStandard 2.0
- Microsoft.Bcl.Cryptography (>= 9.0.6)
- System.Security.Principal.Windows (>= 5.0.0)
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net8.0
- Microsoft.Bcl.Cryptography (>= 9.0.6)
- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (>= 9.0.6)
- System.DirectoryServices (>= 9.0.6)
- System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (>= 9.0.6)
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net9.0
- System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager (>= 9.0.6)
- System.DirectoryServices (>= 9.0.6)
- System.DirectoryServices.Protocols (>= 9.0.6)
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