How to connect to local LDAP server using MVC 5

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I´m trying to connect to an local LDAP server which i have set up using Apache Directory Studio. I´m using Visual Studio 2015 enterprise update 2 and MVC 5.

What I have tried:

These are the two approaches I´m working with:

public void ldap()
    {

        try
        {
            DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://localhost:10389");
            DirectorySearcher mySearcher = new DirectorySearcher(entry);

            var result = mySearcher.FindOne();

        }
        catch (System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException)
        {
            System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException exception = new System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException();
            Console.WriteLine(exception);
        }
        catch (InvalidOperationException)
        {
            InvalidOperationException InvOpEx = new InvalidOperationException();
            Console.WriteLine(InvOpEx.Message);
        }
        catch (NotSupportedException)
        {
            NotSupportedException NotSuppEx = new NotSupportedException();
            Console.WriteLine(NotSuppEx.Message);
        }
     }

After var result = mySearcher.FindOne() is executed, an System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' in System.DirectoryServices.dll occures, stating that an HRESULT E_FAIL-error was passed when calling a COM-Component.

I have no idea what that means and didn´t find something helpful using Google.

2nd approach:

try
        {
            LdapConnection ldapConnection = new LdapConnection("LDAP://localhost:10389");

            var networkCredential = new NetworkCredential("cbrunato", "c2VjcmV0", "dc=example,dc=com");
            ldapConnection.SessionOptions.SecureSocketLayer = true;
            ldapConnection.SessionOptions.VerifyServerCertificate += delegate { return true; };
            ldapConnection.AuthType = AuthType.Negotiate;
            ldapConnection.Bind(networkCredential);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
        }

After ldapConnection.Bind(networkCredential) is executed, i get the error message "LDAP server is not available".

When i stop the ldap Server and run the program i get the same errors, so i guess i don´t get a connection to my ldap server with both approaches, but i have no clue why.

I´m very thankful for any help.