Network Management Functions (Windows)

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Network Management Functions

The network management functions can be grouped as follows.

Alert Functions

Function	Description
NetAlertRaise	Notifies all registered clients that a particular event has occurred.
NetAlertRaiseEx	Simplifies notifying registered clients that a particular event has occurred, because, unlike NetAlertRaise, NetAlertRaiseEx does not require a STD_ALERT structure.

API Buffer Functions

Function	Description
NetApiBufferAllocate	Allocates memory from the heap. Call this function when you require compatibility with the NetApiBufferFree function.
NetApiBufferFree	Frees memory allocated by the NetApiBufferAllocate function and other network management functions.
NetApiBufferReallocate	Changes the size of a buffer allocated by a call to the NetApiBufferAllocate function.
NetApiBufferSize	Returns the size, in bytes, of a buffer allocated by a call to the NetApiBufferAllocate function.

Directory Service Functions

Function	Description
NetAddAlternateComputerName	Adds an alternate name for the specified computer.
NetEnumerateComputerNames	Enumerates names for the specified computer.
NetGetJoinableOUs	Retrieves a list of organizational units (OUs) in which a computer account can be created.
NetGetJoinInformation	Retrieves join status information for the specified computer.
NetJoinDomain	Joins a computer to a workgroup or domain.
NetLogonSetServiceBits	Notifies the Netlogon service of the running state of the services on a domain controller. The caller must be running in the context of either the LocalSystem or the LocalService account.
NetProvisionComputerAccount	Provisions a computer account for later used in an offline domain join operation.
NetRemoveAlternateComputerName	Removes an alternate name for the specified computer.
NetRenameMachineInDomain	Changes the name of a computer in a domain.
NetRequestOfflineDomainJoin	Executes locally on a machine to modify a Windows operating system image mounted on a volume. The registry is loaded for the image and provisioning blob data is written where it can be retrieved during the completion phase of an offline domain join operation.
NetSetPrimaryComputerName	Sets the primary computer name for the specified computer.
NetUnjoinDomain	Unjoins a computer from a workgroup or a domain.
NetValidateName	Verifies the validity of a computer name, workgroup name, or domain name.

Get Functions

Function	Description
NetGetAnyDCName	Returns the name of any domain controller for a domain that is directly trusted by a specified server.
NetGetDCName	Returns the name of the primary domain controller (PDC) for the specified domain.
NetGetDisplayInformationIndex	Returns the index of the first display information entry whose name begins with a specified string or alphabetically follows the string.
NetQueryDisplayInformation	Returns user, computer, or global group account information.

Group Functions

Function	Description
NetGroupAdd	Creates a global group.
NetGroupAddUser	Adds one user to an existing global group.
NetGroupDel	Removes a global group whether or not the group has any members.
NetGroupDelUser	Removes one user name from a global group.
NetGroupEnum	Lists all global groups on a server.
NetGroupGetInfo	Returns information about a particular global group.
NetGroupGetUsers	Lists all members of a particular global group.
NetGroupSetInfo	Sets general information about a global group.
NetGroupSetUsers	Assigns members to a new global group; replaces the members of an existing group.

Local Group Functions

Function	Description
NetLocalGroupAdd	Creates a local group.
NetLocalGroupAddMembers	Adds one or more users or global groups to an existing local group.
NetLocalGroupDel	Deletes a local group, removing all existing members from the group.
NetLocalGroupDelMembers	Removes one or more members from an existing local group.
NetLocalGroupEnum	Returns information about each local group account on a server.
NetLocalGroupGetInfo	Returns information about a particular local group account on a server.
NetLocalGroupGetMembers	Lists all members of a specified local group.
NetLocalGroupSetInfo	Sets general information about a local group.
NetLocalGroupSetMembers	Assigns members to a local group.

Message Functions

Function	Description
NetMessageBufferSend	Sends a message to a registered message alias.
NetMessageNameAdd	Registers a message alias in the message name table.
NetMessageNameDel	Deletes a message alias from the message name table.
NetMessageNameEnum	Lists all the message aliases stored in the message name table.
NetMessageNameGetInfo	Returns information about a particular message alias in the message name table.

NetFile Functions

Function	Description
NetFileClose	Forces a resource to close.
NetFileEnum	Returns information about open files on a server.
NetFileGetInfo	Returns information about a particular opening of a server resource.

Remote Utility Functions

Function	Description
NetRemoteComputerSupports	Queries the redirector to retrieve the optional features that a remote system supports.
NetRemoteTOD	Enables applications to access the time-of-day information on a remote server.

Schedule Functions

Function	Description
NetScheduleJobAdd	Submits a job to run at a specified future date and time.
NetScheduleJobDel	Cancels a range of jobs queued to run on a computer.
NetScheduleJobEnum	Lists the jobs queued on a specified computer.
NetScheduleJobGetInfo	Returns information about a particular job queued on a computer.
GetNetScheduleAccountInformation	Retrieves the AT Service account name.
SetNetScheduleAccountInformation	Sets the AT Service account name and password.

Server Functions

Function	Description
NetServerDiskEnum	Returns a list of local disk drives on a server.
NetServerEnum	Lists all visible servers of a particular type (or types) in the specified domain.
NetServerGetInfo	Returns configuration information about a specified server.
NetServerSetInfo	Sets the operating parameters for a server.

Server and Workstation Transport Functions

Function	Description
NetServerComputerNameAdd	Binds an emulated server name to each of the transport protocols on which a server is active. (Combines the functionality of the NetServerTransportEnum function and the NetServerTransportAddEx function.)
NetServerComputerNameDel	Disconnects each network transport protocol from an emulated server name set by a previous call to the NetServerComputerNameAdd function.
NetServerTransportAdd	Binds the specified server to the transport protocol. (This function supports only the SERVER_TRANSPORT_INFO_0 information level.)
NetServerTransportAddEx	Binds the specified server to the transport protocol. (This extended function supports the SERVER_TRANSPORT_INFO_1, SERVER_TRANSPORT_INFO_2, and SERVER_TRANSPORT_INFO_3 information levels.)
NetServerTransportDel	Disconnects the transport protocol from the server.
NetServerTransportEnum	Enumerates the transport protocols managed by the server.
NetWkstaTransportEnum	Lists the transport protocols that are managed by the redirector.

Use Functions

Function	Description
NetUseAdd	Creates a connection between a local computer and a server.
NetUseDel	Ends a connection to a shared resource.
NetUseEnum	Lists all current connections between the local computer and resources on remote servers.
NetUseGetInfo	Returns information about a connection to a shared resource.

User Functions

Function	Description
NetUserAdd	Adds a user account and assigns a password and privilege level.
NetUserChangePassword	Changes a user's password for a specified network server or domain.
NetUserDel	Deletes a user account from the server.
NetUserEnum	Lists all user accounts on a server.
NetUserGetGroups	Returns a list of global group names to which a user belongs.
NetUserGetInfo	Returns information about a particular user account on a server.
NetUserGetLocalGroups	Returns a list of local group names to which a user belongs.
NetUserSetGroups	Sets global group memberships for a specified user account.
NetUserSetInfo	Sets the password and other elements of a user account.

User Modals Functions

Function	Description
NetUserModalsGet	Returns global information for all users and global groups in the security database, which is the security accounts manager (SAM) database or, in the case of domain controllers, the Active Directory.
NetUserModalsSet	Sets global information for all users and global groups in the security database.

Validation Functions

Function	Description
NetValidatePasswordPolicyFree	Frees the memory that the NetValidatePasswordPolicy function allocates for the OutputArg parameter,
NetValidatePasswordPolicy	Enables an application to check password compliance against an application-provided account database and verify that passwords meet the complexity, aging, minimum length, and history reuse requirements of a password policy.

Workstation and Workstation User Functions

Function	Description
NetWkstaGetInfo	Returns information about the configuration elements for a workstation.
NetWkstaSetInfo	Configures a workstation.
NetWkstaUserEnum	Lists information about all users currently logged on to the workstation.
NetWkstaUserGetInfo	Returns information about one currently logged-on user.
NetWkstaUserSetInfo	Sets the user-specific information for the configuration elements of a workstation.

Obsolete Functions

See Also

Windows Networking Functions

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