SetPassword is very slow

Question

Hi

We are experiencing a performance problem when communicating with the active directory using System.DirectoryServices. DirectoryEntry.Invoke("SetPassword", new object[] { password }) sometimes takes 15 seconds. The Service that makes the call is running on the same machine. What could make it that slow?

Cheers,

bja

Answer 1

Have you verified Active Directory replication between sites is functioning properly? Most attribute changes are passively queued for replication, but password changes are immediately replicated.