Managing Users

User accounts are created and stored as objects in Active Directory®. These user objects represent users and computers. This section defines what users are and how they are used, and explains how to programmatically manage users in Active Directory. This section discusses the following topics:

• Users in Active Directory
• Security Principals
• What is a User?
• Example Code for Binding to the Users Container
• User Object Attributes
• Creating a user
• Deleting a user. A user is deleted in the same was as any other Active Directory object. For more information about deleting Active Directory objects, see Creating and Deleting Active Directory Objects.
• Enumerating Users
• Querying for Users
• Moving users. A user is moved in the same was as any other Active Directory object. For more information about moving Active Directory objects, see Moving Objects.
• Managing users on member servers and Windows 2000 Professional