The DirectoryEntry component represents a node or object in an Active Directory hierarchy. Active Directory is a service that provides a common, hierarchical view of distributed resources and services on a network.
Active Directory is really a Windows operating system topic, not a Visual Basic topic, so it is not covered further here. For more information, see the DirectoryEntry class’s web page at msdn.microsoft.com/ library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemdirectoryservicesdirectoryentryclasstopic.asp.