Get AD Users without LDAP C#

Question

How can i get all active directory users in SharePoint 2010 webpart without LDAP connection string?

Answer 1

If your SharePoint server is running in a different server, then it is not possible. You can get users inside the Active Directory server without LDAP connection like following.

using (var directoryInfo = new DirectoryEntry())
            {
                var userFindingfilter = "(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person))";
                var userProperties = new string[] { "title", "whenChanged", "displayName", "department", "sAMAccountName", "userPrincipalName", "manager" };
                using (var directoryInfoSearch = new DirectorySearcher(directoryInfo, userFindingfilter, userProperties, SearchScope.Subtree))
                {
                    var directoryEntryUserSearchResults = directoryInfoSearch.FindAll();
                    foreach (SearchResult searchResult in directoryEntryUserSearchResults)
                    {

                    }
                }
            }

Now when your are in different server, you must specify the LDAP connection string, user name & password

using (var directoryInfo = new DirectoryEntry(ConnectString, UserName, Password))
            {
                var userFindingfilter = "(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person))";
                var userProperties = new string[] { "title", "whenChanged", "displayName", "department", "sAMAccountName", "userPrincipalName", "manager" };
                using (var directoryInfoSearch = new DirectorySearcher(directoryInfo, userFindingfilter, userProperties, SearchScope.Subtree))
                {
                    var directoryEntryUserSearchResults = directoryInfoSearch.FindAll();
                    foreach (SearchResult searchResult in directoryEntryUserSearchResults)
                    {

                    }
                }
            }

Answer 2

There are a number of ways to run a LDAP query in .NET. You can use DirectorySearcher from System.DirectoryServices or SearchRequest from System.DirectoryServices.Protocol.

using (var context = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, "yourdomain.com"))
{
    using (var searcher = new PrincipalSearcher(new UserPrincipal(context)))
    {
        foreach (var result in searcher.FindAll())
        {
            DirectoryEntry de = result.GetUnderlyingObject() as DirectoryEntry;
        }
    }
}