This book is a practical programmer’s guide that explains how to unlock Active Directory Domain Services using C#. With the knowledge provided in this book, you will be able to create an application or a self-made Microsoft Management Console which can provision and de-provision, migrate, report and manage the directory in general, and much more.This book requires a basic understanding of the following subjects: Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services, C# and Microsoft .NET FrameworkThis book covers Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (R2) and Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Active Directory Domain Services.About the authorEdward Willemsen is an IT professional with more than 15 years of experience. For the last eight years, Edward has headed many large transition and migration projects. Edward has also written useful utilities to support these projects. The utilities include Microsoft Active Directory Domain Services-related utilities to solve repetitive tasks, (de)provision the directory and to solve Identity and Access Management issues.