/// <summary>
/// Query Active Directory and return all users matching the LDAP query
/// </summary>
/// <param name="ldapFilter">An LDAP query to match users against</param>
/// <returns>The set of users matching the query</returns>
public ExchangeUserDict QueryActiveDirectory( string ldapFilter )
{
SearchResultCollection searchResults = null;
/* Perform the mailbox search */
using (ActiveDirectoryService ad = new ActiveDirectoryService())
{
searchResults = ad.SearchDirectory( ldapFilter );
}
ExchangeUserDict exchangeUsers = CreateExchangeUserCollection( searchResults );
return exchangeUsers;
}
private ExchangeUserDict QueryActiveDirectoryByAttribute(
string ldapAttribute, params string[] searchTerms )
{
SearchResultCollection searchResults = null;
/* Perform the mailbox search */
using (ActiveDirectoryService ad = new ActiveDirectoryService())
{
searchResults = ad.SearchDirectoryByAttribute( ldapAttribute, searchTerms);
}
ExchangeUserDict userCollection = CreateExchangeUserCollection( searchResults );
LogQueryResults( userCollection, searchTerms, ldapAttribute );
return userCollection;
}