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Integrating LDAP Active Directory into your .Net Web Portal (C# or VB.NET) by kevinrou
This article will guide you through the best practices and method of using LDAP Active Directory as your user store for credentials and account information in your web applications or portal that you will develop in C# or VB.Net.
When developing a web portal that uses Active Directory users, there are a few things that you need to consider in your web application?
- How will your web application communicate with Active Directory?
- How will you authenticate against Active Directory?
- How do you allow users to self-register into the portal?
- How will users be able to change their passwords or reset their passwords?
- How will the users be able to update their profile information such as email?
- How will the portal administrators be able to assign permissions for users?
- How will administrators be able to add users to certain Active Directory groups without going into Active Directory Users and Groups?
A special application called the .Net Active Directory Wrapper has been developed that helps add