How do I authenticate against Active Directory from ASP.NET web service code?

Question

I have a few websites for work that live outside of the corporate LAN -- and, therefore, out of direct-communication range of Active Directory (A/D) -- but for which I would

Answer 1

You might want to take a look @ these two resources. The first will provide you with everything you want to know about active directory, and the second will show you how to connect.

• http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/everythingInAD.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa302397.aspx

You might have challenges connecting to the remote AD server though. So as a potential work around, I would consider having the web application call an authentication webservice that resides on the corporate network.