Extending the Active Directory Users and Computers Snap-in

You can use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to create extension snap-ins that extend the namespace, context menus, property pages, control bars, toolbars, and taskpads of other snap-ins. The Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in can be extended by extension snap-ins.

This document provides the Steps required to create MMC context menu and property sheet extension snap-ins. For more information about creating other extension types, see Extending the User Interface for Directory Objects.

Readers of this document should already be familiar with the information presented in Extending the Active Directory Administrative Snap-ins.

The following topics provide information related to Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in development.

• Context Menu and Property Page Extensions
• Extending Active Directory Users and Computers
• Registering Node Type
• Accessing an Active Directory User Object