Taking Advantage of ADSI

Last updated: Monday, October 12, 2026

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2001 - Issue 1

Paul Mrozowski introduces Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) as a COM-based toolkit that lets administrators and developers script and programmatically manage directory services—adding users, setting passwords, controlling IIS and services—using consistent provider namespaces (WinNT, LDAP, IIS, etc.). He explains basic ADSI syntax, provides Visual FoxPro and VB examples (including a SafeArray workaround), and highlights practical tips on security, provider quirks, and debugging.

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