This library gives quick to use methods for Active Directory covering tools to manage accounts, groups and audit tasks. The API can only perform these tasks if the script / program executing the API is ran from an account with permissions to perform the task being used.

README is still no where near done... Currently it's just notes...

Creating an instance of the AuditTtasks class.

var auditTasks = new AuditTasks();

DoesOrganisationalUnitExist(string organisationalUnit)

Using this method and supplying the distinguised name of the organisational unit will return a booleon for if it exists or not.

var ouExists = auditTasks.DoesOrganisationalUnitExist("OU=Test Ou,DC=gen2training,DC=co,DC=uk");
Console.WriteLine($"OU Exists: {ouExists}")

// If the Ou exists it will return true, if not it will return false.

GetAllLockedOutAccounts()

Returns a UserAccount object for each locked account.

var lockedOutAccounts = auditTasks.GetAllLockedOutAccounts();

foreach (var lockedAccount in lockedOutAccounts)
{
    Console.WriteLine(lockedAccount.Username);
}

Creating an instance of the UserAccountTasks class.

var userAccountTasks = new UserAccountTasks();

GetUserAccountDetails(string username)

For the supplied username, if the account is found a UserAccount model is returned with populated values based on the information from the account.

var user = userAccountTasks.GetUserAccountDetails("antony.bragg");

Console.WriteLine($"{user.FirstName} {user.LastName}'s locked out status is: {user.LockedOut}");

// Result: "Antony Bragg's locked out statis is: False"

UnlockAccount(string username)

Supplied account will be unlocked.

userAccountTasks.UnlockAccount("antony.bragg");

SetUsersPassword(string username, string password) or SetUsersPassword(string username, string password, bool expireNow)

Supplying a username and a new password will reset the users password. If no bool is supplied as a third property the account password will not be immedietly expired, if true is supplied the account password will be reset and expired forcing the user to set a new password at log on.

userAccountTasks.SetUsersPassword("antony.bragg", "DemoPassword123"); // Resets password
userAccountTasks.SetUsersPassword("antony.bragg", "DemoPassword123", true); // Resets password and expires password

MoveToOrganisationalUnit(string username, string newOrganisationalUnit)

The supplied user account will be moved to the given organisational unit if it exists. The organisational unit's distinguised name is required.

userAccountTasks.MoveToOrganisationalUnit("antony.bragg", "OU=Disabled Accounts,DC=gen2training,DC=co,DC=uk");

GetLastLogOn(string username)

Not recommended for use yet.

GetThumbnailPhoto(string username)

Returns the users thumbnail photo in a byte format. In the next version of the software this will be exportable in a range of formats.

var photo = userAccountTasks.GetThumbnailPhoto("antony.bragg");

Creating an instance of the GroupAccountTasks class.

var groupAccountTasks = new GroupAccountTasks();

RemoveUserFromGroup(string username, string groupName)

groupAccountTasks.RemoveUserFromGroup("antony.bragg", "Domain Admins");

AddUsertoGroup(string username, string groupName)

groupAccountTasks.AddUsertoGroup("antony.bragg", "Domain Admins");

GetGroupMembers(string groupName)

var membersOfGroup = groupAccountTasks.GetGroupMembers("Domain Admins");

foreach (var user in membersOfGroup)
{
    Console.WriteLine($"{user.FirstName} {user.LastName}");
}

GetGroupDetails(string groupName)

var group = groupAccountTasks.GetGroupDetails("Domain Admins");
            
Console.WriteLine(group.Name);
Console.WriteLine(group.Description);
foreach (var user in group.GroupMembers)
{
                Console.WriteLine($"{user.Username}");
}

.NET 3.5 or above

Installation from NuGet - Package on Nuget

PM> Install-Package CaptainQwerty.ActiveDirectoryEasyAPI -Version 1.0.0

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