How to validate domain credentials?

Question

I want to validate a set of credentials against the domain controller. e.g.:

Username: STACKOVERFLOW\\joel
Password: splotchy

Method 1. Qu

Answer 1

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Security;
using System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement;

public struct Credentials
{
    public string Username;
    public string Password;
}

public class Domain_Authentication
{
    public Credentials Credentials;
    public string Domain;

    public Domain_Authentication(string Username, string Password, string SDomain)
    {
        Credentials.Username = Username;
        Credentials.Password = Password;
        Domain = SDomain;
    }

    public bool IsValid()
    {
        using (PrincipalContext pc = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, Domain))
        {
            // validate the credentials
            return pc.ValidateCredentials(Credentials.Username, Credentials.Password);
        }
    }
}