 | Group Class |
Group is a class that allows for the query and manipulation of
Active Directory group objects.
Inheritance HierarchySystemObject
Galactic.ActiveDirectoryActiveDirectoryObject
Galactic.ActiveDirectorySecurityPrincipal
Galactic.ActiveDirectoryGroup
Galactic.ActiveDirectoryActiveDirectoryObject
Galactic.ActiveDirectorySecurityPrincipal
Galactic.ActiveDirectoryGroup
Namespace: Galactic.ActiveDirectory
Assembly: Galactic.ActiveDirectory (in Galactic.ActiveDirectory.dll) Version: 1.3.0.499 (1.3.0.499)
SyntaxThe Group type exposes the following members.
Constructors| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Group(ActiveDirectory, SearchResultEntry) |
Gets a group object from a supplied search result entry.
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| Group(ActiveDirectory, Guid) |
Gets a group object from Active Directory with the supplied GUID.
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Properties| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AllUserMembers |
Does a recursive lookup to find all users that are a member of this
group by way of subgroup membership.
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| CommonName |
The Common Name (CN) of the object in Active Directory.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| CreateTimeStamp |
The time the object was created in UTC.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| Description |
A description of the security principal.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| DistinguishedName |
The Distinguished Name (DN) of the object in Active Directory.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| EMailAddress |
The principal's e-mail address.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| EmailAddresses |
A list of the principal's e-mail addresses.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| ExchangeAlias |
The principal's Microsoft Exchange Alias.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| GroupMembers |
Groups that are members of the group.
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| Groups |
The distinguished names of groups that this principal is a member of.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| GUID |
The GUID of the object in Active Directory.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| IsGroup |
Indicates if this principal is a Group.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| IsUser |
Indicates if this principal is a User.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| Members |
The members of the group.
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| OrganizationalUnit |
The distinguished name of the organizational unit or parent object containing the object.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| PrimaryEmailAddress |
The principal's primary e-mail address.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| SAMAccountName |
The principal's SAM Account Name.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| SchemaClasses |
The schema class types that identify the type of object this is in Active Directory.
Examples: group, user, etc.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| TargetAddress |
The principal's target e-mail address. Used by Exchange for routing e-mail to its
final destination which may lie outside of the organization. Allows for an object
to appear in the GAL even though its e-mail address may be outside of Exchange.
Also used when routing e-mail to the Microsoft Office365 cloud from an on-premises
Exchange server.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| UserMembers |
Users who are members of the group.
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| UserPrincipalName |
The User Principal Name of the principal.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
Methods| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| AddMembers |
Adds security principals to the group.
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| AddProxyAddress |
Adds a proxy e-mail address to the account's proxyAddresses field.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| AddToGroup |
Adds this principal to the supplied group.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| ClearMembership |
Clears all members from this group.
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| CompareTo(ActiveDirectoryObject) |
Compares this ActiveDirectoryObject to another ActiveDirectoryObject.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| CompareTo(Group) |
Compares this Group to another Group.
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| CompareTo(SecurityPrincipal) |
Compares this SecurityPrincipal to another SecurityPrincipal.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
 | Create |
Creates a new group within Active Directory given it's proposed name, the distinguished name of the OU to place it in, and other optional attributes.
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| Delete |
Deletes a group from Active Directory.
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| DeleteAttribute |
Deletes values from an attribute.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| Equals(ActiveDirectoryObject, ActiveDirectoryObject) |
Checks whether x and y are equal (using GUIDs).
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| Equals(Group, Group) |
Checks whether x and y are equal (using GUIDs).
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| Equals(SecurityPrincipal, SecurityPrincipal) |
Checks whether x and y are equal (using GUIDs).
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
 | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetByteAttributeValue |
Gets the first byte array value from the supplied attribute of the object.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| GetByteAttributeValues |
Gets all byte array values from the supplied attribute of the object.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| GetEntryFromAD(Guid) |
Gets new data for the object from AD and places the values in the entry variable within the object.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| GetEntryFromAD(Guid, ListString) |
Gets new data for the object from AD and places the values in the entry variable within the object.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| GetEnumerator | |
| GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetHashCode(ActiveDirectoryObject) |
Generates a hash code for the ActiveDirectoryObject supplied.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| GetHashCode(Group) |
Generates a hash code for the Group supplied.
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| GetHashCode(SecurityPrincipal) |
Generates a hash code for the SecurityPrincipal supplied.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| GetIntervalAttributeValue |
Gets the UTC DateTime from a Interval attribute.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| GetStringAttributeValue |
Gets the first string value from the supplied attribute of the object.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| GetStringAttributeValues |
Gets all string values from the supplied attribute of the object.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MemberOfGroup |
Checks if this principal is a member of the supplied group.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
| MoveRename |
Moves and / or renames this object.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| Refresh |
Refreshes the object to retrieve any changes made to attributes since creation.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| RemoveFromGroup |
Removes this principal from the supplied group.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| RemoveMember |
Removes a security principal from the group.
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| RemoveMembers |
Removes security principals from the group.
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| RemoveProxyAddress |
Removes a proxy e-mail address from the account's proxyAddresses field.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| SetAttribute |
Sets attribute of an object. If a null or empty values object is supplied no modifications will be made.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| SetPrimaryProxyAddress |
Sets the supplied e-mail address to be the primary e-mail address for receiving mail.
Note: This e-mail address must already be associated with the account.
If there is account currently has a primary e-mail address, it will be set as a secondary.
(Inherited from SecurityPrincipal.) |
| SetStringAttribute |
Sets a single value string attribute of an object. If a null or empty value is supplied,
the attribute will be cleared / deleted.
(Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
Fields| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AD | (Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| AdditionalAttributes | (Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| AttributeNames |
The list of specific attributes that should be retrieved when searching for the entry in AD. The attributes of parent objects should be included as well.
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| Attributes | (Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| Entry | (Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
| JAN_01_1601 | (Inherited from ActiveDirectoryObject.) |
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