Active Directory Linked to SQL Server

Question

I have a current project designed in Vb.net 2008 that fetch users stored in Active Directory. Is there any way to query those lists of users from SQL server then Populate it into Datagridview in vb.net?

Answer 1

You can use query Active Directory directly using the OPENQUERY command like in this article:

Querying Active Directory from SQL Server

SELECT * FROM OpenQuery ( 
  ADSI,  
  'SELECT displayName, telephoneNumber, mail, mobile, facsimileTelephoneNumber 
  FROM  ''LDAP://DOMAIN.com/OU=Players,DC=DOMAIN,DC=com'' 
  WHERE objectClass =  ''User'' 
  ') AS tblADSI
ORDORDER BY displayname