ServerActiveDirectory Class

Note: This API is now obsolete.

The ServerActiveDirectory object provides programmatic access to the Active Directory functionality.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SmoObjectBase
    Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.SqlSmoObject
      Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ServerActiveDirectory

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ObsoleteAttribute> _
Public NotInheritable Class ServerActiveDirectory _
    Inherits SqlSmoObject
'Usage
Dim instance As ServerActiveDirectory

[ObsoleteAttribute]
public sealed class ServerActiveDirectory : SqlSmoObject

[ObsoleteAttribute]
public ref class ServerActiveDirectory sealed : public SqlSmoObject

[<SealedAttribute>]
[<ObsoleteAttribute>]
type ServerActiveDirectory =  
    class 
        inherit SqlSmoObject 
    end

public final class ServerActiveDirectory extends SqlSmoObject

The ServerActiveDirectory type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	IsEnabled	Gets the Boolean property value that specifies whether the Active Directory service is available.
	IsRegistered	Gets the Boolean property value that specifies whether the instance of Microsoft SQL Server is registered in the Active Directory service as a Service Control Point (SCP).
	Parent	Gets the Server object that is the parent of the ServerActiveDirectory object.
	Properties	Gets a collection of Property objects that represent the object properties. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	State	Gets the state of the referenced object. (Inherited from SmoObjectBase.)
	Urn	Gets the Uniform Resource Name (URN) address value that uniquely identifies the object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	UserData	Gets or sets user-defined data associated with the referenced object. (Inherited from SmoObjectBase.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Discover	Discovers a list of type Object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	FormatSqlVariant	Formats an object as SqlVariant type. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	GetContextDB	Gets the context database that is associated with this object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	GetDBName	Gets the database name that is associated with the object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetPropValue	Gets a property value of the SqlSmoObject object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	GetPropValueOptional	Gets a property value of the SqlSmoObject object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	GetPropValueOptionalAllowNull	Gets a property value of the SqlSmoObject object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	GetServerObject	Gets the server of the SqlSmoObject object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	Initialize()	Initializes the object and forces the properties be loaded. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	Initialize(Boolean)	Initializes the object and forces the properties be loaded. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IsObjectInitialized	Verifies whether the object has been initialized. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IsObjectInSpace	Verifies whether the object is isolated or connected to the instance of SQL Server. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	Refresh	Refreshes the object and retrieves properties when the object is next accessed. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	Register()	Creates a registration entry for the instance of Microsoft SQL Server in the Active Directory service as defined by the ServerActiveDirectory object.
	Register(Boolean)	Creates a registration entry for the instance of SQL Server in the Active Directory service as defined by the ServerActiveDirectory object with the option to register all the databases on the instance of SQL Server.
	SetParentImpl	Sets the parent of the SqlSmoObject to the newParent parameter. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	ToString	Returns a String that represents the referenced object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	Unregister	Removes the registration entry for the instance of SQL Server from the Active Directory service.
	UpdateRegistration	Updates any changes to the instance of SQL Server on the Active Directory service.
	Validate	Validates the state of an object. (Inherited from SmoObjectBase.)

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Events

	Name	Description
	PropertyChanged	Represents the event that occurs when a property is changed. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	PropertyMetadataChanged	Represents the event that occurs when property metadata changes. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)

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Explicit Interface Implementations

	Name	Description
	IAlienObject.Discover	Discovers any dependencies. Do not reference this member directly in your code. It supports the SQL Server infrastructure. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IAlienObject.GetDomainRoot	Returns the root of the domain. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IAlienObject.GetParent	Gets the parent of this object. Do not reference this member directly in your code. It supports the SQL Server infrastructure. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IAlienObject.GetPropertyType	Gets the type of the specified property. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IAlienObject.GetPropertyValue	Gets the value of the specified property. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IAlienObject.GetUrn	Gets the Unified Resource Name (URN) of the object. Do not reference this member directly in your code. It supports the SQL Server infrastructure. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IAlienObject.Resolve	Gets the instance that contains the information about the object from the Unified Resource Name (URN) of the object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IAlienObject.SetObjectState	Sets the object state to the specified SfcObjectState value. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	IAlienObject.SetPropertyValue	Sets the property value. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)
	ISfcPropertyProvider.GetPropertySet	Gets the interface reference to the set of properties of this object. (Inherited from SqlSmoObject.)

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Remarks

The ServerActiveDirectory object allows you to do the following:

• Register an instance of Microsoft SQL Server in Active Directory as a Service Control Point (SCP) with the option to list all databases.

• Update the SQL Server registration information in Active Directory.

• Mark the SQL Server registration as inactive.

• Delete the SQL Server registration information from Active Directory.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace