ADSI Edit
ADSI Edit runs as a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in. To open ADSI Edit, on a computer with the Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) server role installed, click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click ADSI Edit.
The following sections describe user interface (UI) options in the ADSI Edit snap-in, depending on the node that you click in the console tree or the command that you click the Action menu:
ADSI Edit node
To view the following UI options, in the console tree, click ADSI Edit, and then, on the Action menu, click Connect to. The Connection Settings dialog box appears
You can use the following options in the Connection Settings dialog box to create a connection to a directory partition on an instance of Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS).
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Name |
Type a display name for the connection. The connection will be listed in the console tree using the connection name that you provide. |
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Connection Point |
Specify how you want to connect to the AD LDS instance. You can connect to a distinguished name or naming context in the AD LDS instance, or you can select a well-known naming context.
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Computer |
Specify the computer running the AD LDS instance that you want to administer. You must specify the server name or IP address. If the AD LDS instance is not using the default Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) communications port number (389), you must also specify the port number that the AD LDS instance is using. |
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Advanced |
Click this button to specify the credentials and bind method that you want to use for connections to the AD LDS instance |
The Refresh command on the Action menu updates the information about connections and objects that is displayed in ADSI Edit.
Connection node
To view the following commands, in the console tree, click a connection node for an already established connection, and then, on the Action menu, click one of the commands in the following table.
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Remove |
Removes the currently selected connection node from ADSI Edit. This command affects only the contents of the ADSI Edit console tree; the command does not delete any objects from the AD LDS instance. |
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Update Schema Now |
Reloads the schema information from AD LDS into the cache of the local computer. |
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New |
Creates a new query when you point to New and then click Query. |
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Rename |
Specifies a new name for the connection node. |
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Refresh |
Updates the information about connections and objects that is displayed in ADSI Edit. |
Object node
To view the following commands, in the console tree, click a directory object in a directory partition in an AD LDS instance, and then, on the Action menu, click one of the commands in the following table.
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Move |
Moves the object to another container in AD LDS. Opens a dialog box that you can use to select the destination container. |
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New Connection from Here |
Creates a new connection and adds the new connection to the console tree. |
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New |
Creates a new child object in the selected container when you point to New and then click Object. Opens a set of chained dialog boxes that begins with the class of the object. If you do not have permission to create an object in the selected container, no classes are listed. After a class is selected, a dialog box opens for each required attribute. In the final dialog box, click More to view and edit any optional attributes. |
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Delete |
Deletes the selected object from AD LDS. A dialog box appears asking you to confirm the deletion. This command does not appear in the menu if you do not have permissions to delete the object from AD LDS. |
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Rename |
Changes the name of the object in AD LDS. |
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Refresh |
Updates the information that is displayed in ADSI Edit about connections and objects. |
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Properties |
Opens a dialog box in which you can edit the attribute values of an object. |
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Reset Password |
This option is available only for objects that contain a unicodePwd attribute. This option provides a dialog box in which the value of the unicodePwd attribute can be reset. |