Provider Registry Information

ProgID is the identifier of the provider's top-level object. ProgIDNamespace is the identifier of the object which implements the provider's namespace.

Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ADs\Providers subkey, an ADSI provider must have the following subkeys and values:

Under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT subkey, provider namespace objects must have the following subkeys and values.

ProgID = ProgIDNamespace

ProgIDNamespace\Clsid = ProgIDNamespaceCLSID

Under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID subkey, provider namespace objects must have the following subkeys and values:

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID = FriendlyDisplayName

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\InProcServer32 = ProviderDLLFilename

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\InProcServer32\ThreadingModel=Both

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\ProgID= ProviderNamespaceObjectName

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\TypeLib=ProviderTypeLibCLSID

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\Version = ProviderVersionNumber

Under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT subkey, provider top-level objects must have the following subkey and value.

ProgID\Clsid = ProgIDCLSID

Under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID subkey, provider top-level objects must have the following subkeys and values:

ProgIDCLSID = FriendlyDisplayName

ProgIDCLSID\InProcServer32 = ProviderDLLFilename

ProgIDCLSID\InProcServer32\ThreadingModel=Both

ProgIDCLSID\ProgID= ProviderProgIDObjectName

ProgIDCLSID\TypeLib=ProviderTypeLibCLSID

ProgIDCLSID\Version = ProviderVersionNumber

After installing ADSI SDK, the registry contains the following values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:

	SOFTWARE
		Microsoft
			ADs
				Providers
					LDAP	<No Name>:REG_SZ:LDAPNamespace
					NDS	 <No Name>:REG_SZ:NDSNamespace
					NWCOMPAT  <No Name>:REG_SZ:NWCOMPATNamespace
					WinNT	 <No Name>:REG_SZ:WinNTNamespace

For a specific example, see Installing the Example Provider Component.