Author: tcox02 | Posted on: 11/25/2008 8:49:34 AM | Views : 296

Hello All,

 I?m building a web application that will require our staff to authenticate via a login.  To keep them from having to create and remember a separate login/password combination, I?d like the staff to be able to authenticate against our university?s Active Directory server.  I?d like to get some insight from anyone on the list who has done this.  In the past I have always created my own SQL Server database for authentication but users have complained about having to create the username/password.   I'm pretty green when it comes to LDAP/Active Directory.  Since I'm only authenticating I'm not sure if I need the new ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider in 3.5.  Perhaps I can make due with System.DirectoryServices

What information do I need to get from our LAN admins in order to connect to and auth against our Active Directory.  Regarding our web server, I believe it resides in a subdomain which will dire ...

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