In previous article, we have seen how to connect to active directory (AD) using Java provided LdapContext object. It may not be always the situation that you are satisfied with authentication of users against the AD database. You may want to retrieve all user details for one or other purpose. Obviously, that is why you have taken pain to store those in a secured database by paying huge licensing fees to Microsoft. Here to explore further, we are taking your java application, which can be a tiny standalone program, or …

Active directory (AD) stores resources, which can be users, systems (computers) or any other resources in object form. But this storage is hierarchal and not relational. There are many databases available which allow us to store objects directly in relational manner. AD is primarily used to store access related information for resources. This information is used to grant access to application users, systems and computers individually or in a group. AD being a hierarchy database storing access related information, accessing this database also requires a mechanism different than conventional SQL …