Reading/Modifying Users and Attributes with Active Directory Web Services on R2 2008

• Friday, March 08, 2013 3:39 PM

   

   
  

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  Hello,
  
  I'm trying to query/update users in Active Directory (e.g. return all attributes for cn=John Smith,ou=users,dc=fabrikam,dc=com, change attributes like manager, email address, display name), preferably through the use of web services, or HTTP GET/POST/PUT/etc.

  I installed and configured DSML on a Windows 2008 R2 and it had exactly what I needed, without realizing the service has been deprecated.  Can I get that same functionality (send web service/http requests to query/update AD users) through Active Directory Web Services (ADWS)?  

  I've been looking through all the documentation on MSDN (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391908(v=ws.10).aspx and others) but am still not clear if ADWS can replicate the same functionality through just web services.  I don't see that same functionality in the wsdl described here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd391908(v=ws.10).aspx.

  Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

  Richard Wolters

  Edit:  I see you can manage AD information through a few different APIs (ADSI, LDAP API, System.DirectoryServices), and they give an example of reading/writing AD object attributes here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa746292(v=vs.85).aspx.   Can this be done through ADWS?

  
  
  
  

  • Edited by Richard Wolters Friday, March 08, 2013 4:24 PM
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