Appendix C: ADSI Interfaces Supported by the LDAP and WinNT Providers

The following table lists all interfaces (42 in total) supported by either the LDAP or WinNT provider, or by both of them. The last column indicates one of 10 categories to which an interface belongs. First of all, get acquainted with the core interfaces.

Interface name	LDAP	WinNt	Category
IADs	Yes	Yes	Core
IADsAccessControlEntry	Yes	No	Security
IADsAccessControlList	Yes	No	Security
IADsClass	Yes	Yes	Schema
IADsCollection	No	Yes	Persistent object
IADsComputer	No	Yes	Persistent object
IADsComputerOperations	No	Yes	Dynamic object
IADsContainer	Yes	Yes	Core
IADsDeleteOps	yes	No	Utility
IADsDomain	No	Yes	Persistent object
IADsExtension	Yes	Yes	Extension
IADsFileService	No	Yes	Persistent object
IADsFileServiceOperations	No	Yes	Dynamic object
IADsFileShare	No	Yes	Persistent object
IADsGroup	Yes	Yes	Persistent object
IADsLargeInteger	Yes	No	Data Type
IADsLocality	Yes	No	Persistent object
IADsMembers	Yes	Yes	Persistent object
IADsNamespaces	Yes	Yes	Core
IADsO	Yes	No	Persistent object
IADsObjectOptions	Yes	No	Utility
IADsOpenDSObject	Yes	Yes	Core
IADsOU	Yes	No	Persistent object
IADsPathname	Yes	Yes	Utility
IADsPrintJob	No	Yes	Persistent object
IADsPrintJobOperations	No	Yes	Dynamic object
IADsPrintQueue	Yes	Yes	Persistent object
IADsPrintQueueOperations	Yes	Yes	Dynamic object
IADsProperty	Yes	Yes	Schema
IADsPropertyEntry	Yes	Yes	Property Cache
IADsPropertyList	Yes	Yes	Property Cache
IADsPropertyValue	Yes	Yes	Property Cache
IADsPropertyValue2	Yes	Yes	Property Cache
IADsResource	No	Yes	Dynamic object
IADsSecurityDescriptor	Yes	No	Security
IADsService	No	Yes	Persistent object
IADsServiceOperations	No	Yes	Dynamic object
IADsSession	No	Yes	Dynamic object
IADsSyntax	Yes	Yes	Schema
IADsUser	Yes	Yes	Persistent object
IDirectoryObject[*]	Yes	No	Core/Non automation
IDirectorySearch[*]	Yes	No	Core/Non automation
[*]— Non-automation clients only!