How do I add a user to AD using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement?

Question

Using the .net 3.5 framework and C# I'm trying to add a new user to AD from C# and can't find any examples. I see that the PrincipalCollection object has an overloaded 'add' method but can't seem to figure out how it works. Can anyone help?

How create a new user object, add it into AD.

Secondly, the user that will be adding in new people may not actually have the security to do this. Is there a way that I can impersonate another user account that will have permissions and add the account that way?

Answer 1

There's a thorough example on MSDN

Answer 2

You might also want to check out this excellent article Managing Directory Security Principals in the .NET 3.5 Framework by AD MVP's Ethan Wilanski and Joe Kaplan in MSDN Magazine - if you can use .NET 3.5. Highly recommended - excellent read.

Marc