This is one amazing tool! So I’ve been dealing with Microsoft Infrastructure for about 1.5 years now and kind of figuring out my way as I go along ;P

If you deploy LDAP directory such as Microsoft Active Directory, this GUI tool helps you navigate through your AD configuration and display details, which is quite helpful!

Especially if you need to run AD information against any programmed application/forms.

Have you ever used Microsoft Infopath to create forms and created a data connection to your AD? When inserting fields and controls, you can include AD object attributes to be fetched or compared. Which is automatically retrieved and you just have to select your choice but what if you want to configure non-Microsoft product or an in-house developed application that integrates with your LDAP directory.

If the management tool is installed on your Domain Controller that runs your AD services, go to Start -> Run -> LDP

One more thing, you can only run this shortcut, if the path where LDP.exe is stored is included in the PATH environment variable, to check you can go to:

Right click My Computer -> Properties -> Advanced tab -> Environment Variables -> In the System Variables scroll down to Path and include the path where ldp.exe is installed (ex. C:\Program Files\Support Tools) if it’s not there.

After running the tool, Connect to your server running AD and then bind using user with enough administrative privileges.

To view the detailed tree of your AD, go to View -> Tree and fill out your BaseDN and click OK. All the details will be displayed on the left pane, click on any result and it’s details and attributes will be displayed on the right pane.

from the details, you can get the object’s attributes, see below image

There is ALOT more you can do with this tool, this is just to get you going

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