c# Active Directory via WMI

Question

Hi! Does anyone has some example about accessing Active Directory, LDAP querying using WMI (System.Management namespace) and not System.DirectoryServices namespace.

Here on MSDN page it is described a little using CIM classes http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa392320(v=VS.85).aspx But I cant find some C# example realizing it.

For example, to access some Win32 class you have to initialize Scope object to use CIMV2 namespace

private ConnectionOptions connection;
private ManagementScope scope;
...
connection = new ConnectionOptions();
...
scope = new ManagementScope("\\\\" + computer + "\\root\\CIMV2", connection);
try
{
   scope.Connect();
}

And use ObjectQuery class for querying WMI data

ObjectQuery objectQuery = new ObjectQuery("SELECT Name FROM Win32_Processor");
ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = ManagementObjectSearcher(scope, objectQuery);
foreach (ManagementObject queryObj in searcher.Get())
{
return queryObj["Name"].ToString();
}

How is it possible to access AD using the same scope? Thanks :)

Answer 1

check the following links
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa392320(v=VS.85).aspx
http://www.winfrastructure.net/article.aspx?BlogEntry=Get-Active-Directory-users-using-WMI