LDAP
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
Powershell and LDAP
Tue, 12/22/2009 - 5:24pm — hunter
If you've ever needed to create an LDAP aware powershell script, well you're in luck. You can use any .Net namespace within a powershell script. In this article you will find various functions that I have written to work with an LDAP directory.
Gather all LDAP directory properties into a Hashtable as key/value pairs
The purpose of this function is to return a simple object of key/value pairs that you can reference in other parts of your application without connecting to the directory again.
Active Directory
Using the same database, for use primarily in Windows environments, Active Directory also allows administrators to assign policies, deploy software, and apply critical updates to an organization. Active Directory stores information and settings in a central database.
