Finding the Exchange Organization Name Using ADSI

Finding the Exchange Organization Name Using ADSI

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Visual C++

// Find the Exchange Organization Name Using ADSI
// Find the Exchange organization name by searching Active Directory.
// This can be run from any DSClient-enabled computer.

#include <activeds.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void main()
{
  CoInitialize(NULL);
   HRESULT hr = S_OK;

   // Get rootDSE and the distinguished name of the configuration container.
   IADs *pADs = NULL;
   IDirectorySearch *pDirSrch = NULL;
   LPOLESTR szPath = new OLECHAR[MAX_PATH];
   VARIANT var;
   hr = ADsOpenObject(L"LDAP://rootDSE",
      NULL,
      NULL,

      // Use secure authentication.
      ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION,
      IID_IADs,
      (void**)&pADs);
   if (FAILED(hr))
   {
      wprintf(L"Not Found. Could not bind to the domain.\n");
      if (pADs)
         pADs->Release();
      return;
   }

   hr = pADs->Get(L"configurationNamingContext",&var);
   if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
   {
      wcscpy(szPath,L"LDAP://");
      wcscat(szPath,var.bstrVal);
      VariantClear(&var);

      // Bind to the root of the configuration context.
      hr = ADsOpenObject(szPath,
         NULL,
         NULL,

         // Use secure authentication.
         ADS_SECURE_AUTHENTICATION, 
         IID_IDirectorySearch,
         (void**)&pDirSrch);
      if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
      {
         HRESULT hr = E_FAIL;

         // Create the search filter.
         LPOLESTR pszSearchFilter = new OLECHAR[MAX_PATH];
         LPOLESTR szADsPath = new OLECHAR[MAX_PATH];
         wcscpy(pszSearchFilter, L"(objectCategory=msExchOrganizationContainer)");

         // Search the entire subtree from the root.
         ADS_SEARCHPREF_INFO pSearchPrefs;
         pSearchPrefs.dwSearchPref = ADS_SEARCHPREF_SEARCH_SCOPE;
         pSearchPrefs.vValue.dwType = ADSTYPE_INTEGER;
         pSearchPrefs.vValue.Integer = ADS_SCOPE_SUBTREE;
         DWORD dwNumPrefs = 1;

         // COL for iterations
         ADS_SEARCH_COLUMN col;

         // Handle used for searching
         ADS_SEARCH_HANDLE hSearch;

         // Set the search preference.
         hr = pDirSrch->SetSearchPreference( &pSearchPrefs, dwNumPrefs);
         if (FAILED(hr))
            return;

         // Set attributes to return.
         CONST DWORD dwAttrNameSize = 1;
         LPOLESTR pszAttribute[dwAttrNameSize] = {L"cn"};

         // Execute the search.
         hr = pDirSrch->ExecuteSearch(pszSearchFilter,
            pszAttribute,
            dwAttrNameSize,
            &hSearch
            );
         if (SUCCEEDED(hr))
         {

            // Call IDirectorySearch::GetNextRow() to retrieve the next row of data.
            while( pDirSrch->GetNextRow( hSearch) != S_ADS_NOMORE_ROWS )
            {
               // Loop through the array of passed column names and
               // print the data for each column.
               for (DWORD x = 0; x < dwAttrNameSize; x++)
               {
                  // Get the data for this column.
                  hr = pDirSrch->GetColumn( hSearch, pszAttribute[x], &col );
                  if ( SUCCEEDED(hr) )
                  {
                     wprintf(L"Organization name is: %s\n",col.pADsValues->CaseIgnoreString);
                  }
                  pDirSrch->FreeColumn( &col );
               }
            }
         }
         // Close the search handle to clean up.
         pDirSrch->CloseSearchHandle(hSearch);
      }
   }
   if (pADs)
   {
      pADs->Release();
      pADs = NULL;
   }
   if (pDirSrch)
   {
      pDirSrch->Release();
      pDirSrch = NULL;
   }
  CoUninitialize();
}

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