add user to an organizational unit in active directory

Question

I'm gonna build a webpart for creating user in active directory.

i want to add created user to an organizational unit if the organizational unit exist.

how i can do that?

Answer 1

Basically, you need to bind to the OU in question, and then call .Children.Add() to add the new user to that OU.

See this MSDN documentation for details:

• Adding Directory Objects shows how to add a group to the Users container - you should be able to convert that to your needs

• Quick List of C# Directory Services samples

• User Management with Active Directory shows sample code for exactly what you're looking for: adding a user to an organizational unit

• How to do almost anything in Active Directory using C# is a great general resource showing how to do common tasks in Active Directory using C# and .NET