Create/update active directory user with gui [on hold]

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Hi! I want to make a gui which I could use to submit data and create/update a user in active directory. Meaning is, that when I click submit, the data is sent to AD and user is created. I was researching a lot, but couldn't find anything like this that could help me, so I am turning to your help. I want to know which language do you recomend? Should I use powershell or should I use a more objective oriented language like C#?

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What I have tried:

I just have tried scripting to add user. But is not what i want.

Posted 8-Jun-18 3:27am

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Updated 8-Jun-18 3:53am

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Richard MacCutchan 8-Jun-18 9:50am

You could use a C# Windows Form as front end to a powershell script. Although you can access many of the features of powershell direct in .NET.

[no name] 8-Jun-18 13:26pm

Doesn't sound like a "legitimate" requirement to me.

phil.o 8-Jun-18 17:55pm

I've been working for a school for a few years, every year at the end of summer holidays, we had to create hundreds of user accounts and groups, as well as update existing groups.
Crafting a tool which allows to do that in a few hours instead of a few days is a perfectly legitimate requirement, imho :)
There exist some tools like wix to do the same kind of thing.

[no name] 8-Jun-18 19:26pm

If a solution exists, than "rolling your own" is not doing anyone any favors.

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phil.o · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-08T03:55:00

There exists a System.DirectoryServices[^] namespace holding a bunch of useful objects when dealing with Active Directory services. This is a .NET feature, so you would have to adopt one of the languages supported by the framework (c#, vb.net, f#...).

There are also a bunch of articles here on CP which deal with the subject:
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