Change a users property in Active Directory

In order to change a users property you must get the DirectoryEntry for the user. Below are some simple code that I have been using in my “AD import Tool”

GetUser – Returns a DirectoryEntry that can be used to get and set properties for a user object i AD (Click for a larger image, code is at the end of the post)

The function used in a wrapper class along with other code mainly gathered in the Howto: (Almost) Everything In Active Directory via C# at CodeProject.

 

You can download the ADHelper class here

Note: This is a only a simple example. It has not been tested thoroughly for memory leaks.

Can not find property “mobile” in Active Directory

While developing an application used to import mobile phone numbers from a CSV file to Active Directory I discovered that the attribute “mobile” did not exist for users where this property never had been used before (Never been updated by other tools such as the Active directory MMC snap-in etc.)

The application uses the standard System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory assembly shipped with .NET 2.0. (See the article on CodeProject Howto: (Almost) Everything In Active Directory via C# for more code)

The source code after gathered the Directory Entry for a user. Is used to update the mobile attribute:

Do not forget to CommitChanges, Close and Dispose…