Active Directory for Windows Forms in .net

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I want to know if Active Directory can be used for Windows form application using C#, .NET 4.0 ? I want to build an application wherein the user can be authenticated using his Windows login credentials. How do I go about it ?

Posted 15-Dec-13 17:38pm

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Anurag Sinha V · Answer 1 · 2013-12-15T17:54:00

Have a look at the below links, they might as well answer your queries:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4677083/winform-user-authorization-via-active-directory[^]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6692767/how-do-i-get-the-ad-display-name-of-the-currently-logged-in-user/6692790#6692790[^]

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/f8db5087-996d-4ce1-9ff7-3fa33ce583ac/authenticating-user-in-windows-app-through-their-active-directory-credentials-and-membership-in-a[^]

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