How can I figure out my LDAP connection string?

The ASP.NET Active Directory Membership Provider does an authenticated bind to the Active Directory using a specified username, password, and “connection string”. The connection string is made up of the LDAP server’s name, and the fully-qualified path of the container object where the user specified is located. The connection string begins with the URI LDAP://. … Read more

Is there a way to view the members of an Active Directory group if you aren’t a domain admin and can’t log into to a domain controller?

Absolutely. From a computer that’s a member of the domain, open a command-prompt and run a: NET GROUP “group name” /DOMAIN Unless your administrators have changed the stock permissions on the group object you will be able to view the membership that way. You can use AD Users and Computers even if you’re not an … Read more

What is Active Directory Domain Services and how does it work?

What is Active Directory? Active Directory Domain Services is Microsoft’s Directory Server. It provides authentication and authorization mechanisms as well as a framework within which other related services can be deployed (AD Certificate Services, AD Federated Services, etc). It is an LDAP compliant database that contains objects. The most commonly used objects are users, computers, … Read more