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Rangarajakrishnan
Rangarajakrishnan

Reputation: 55

How to find Active Directory group email address using AD group name in C#

I have an Active Directory group with a name like Stack Over Flow IT. Need to find AD group email like [email protected]. No need to find AD user list.

How to find AD group email address?

Or how to find AD group name using AD group email address?

// set up domain context
PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain);

// find the group in question
GroupPrincipal group = GroupPrincipal.FindByIdentity(ctx, "YourGroupNameHere");

I'm unable to find Active Directory group email address using the above group instance code.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1511

Answers (1)

Kraego
Kraego

Reputation: 3892

Mail of group

You can do the following:

PropertyValueCollection email = ((DirectoryEntry) group.GetUnderlyingObject()).Properties["mail"];

If you have RSAT available you can validate your code (in powershell) with:

get-adgroup -Identity "Stack Over Flow IT" -properties mail | select name,mail | sort mail

Find Group via mail

Here is the reverse way for completeness:

// replace stuff inside [] to match your environment
DirectoryEntry root = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://dc=[YOUR DC]", [username], [password], AuthenticationTypes.Secure);

DirectorySearcher groupSearcher = new DirectorySearcher(root);
groupSearcher.Filter = "([email protected])";
groupSearcher.PropertiesToLoad.Add("name");

foreach (SearchResult groupSr in groupSearcher.FindAll())
{
    ResultPropertyValueCollection groupName = groupSr.Properties["name"];
    // do something with finding
}

Upvotes: 4

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