Training
Module
Manage users and groups - Training
This module introduces the management of users and groups using Active Directory, and compares the differences between Active Directory Services and Microsoft Entra ID.
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To query for a user, the query must contain the search expression "(&(objectClass=user)(objectCategory=person))".
Because the computer class is a subclass of user, a query containing only (objectClass=user) would return user objects and computer objects. Also, the object category of the user object is person (not user); therefore, the expression (objectCategory=user) does not return any users. If you use the expression (objectCategory=person), the query returns user objects and contact objects.
Users can be placed in any container or organizational unit in a domain as well as the root of the domain. This means that users can be in numerous locations in the directory hierarchy. You can perform a deep search for "(objectCategory=user)" to find all users in a container, organizational unit, domain, domain tree, or forest—depending on the object that the IDirectorySearch pointer you are using is bound to.
Training
Module
Manage users and groups - Training
This module introduces the management of users and groups using Active Directory, and compares the differences between Active Directory Services and Microsoft Entra ID.