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System.DirectoryServices Namespaces

System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory

ActiveDirectoryInterSiteTransport Class

ActiveDirectoryObjectExistsException Class

ActiveDirectoryObjectNotFoundException Class

ActiveDirectoryOperationException Class

ActiveDirectoryPartition Class

ActiveDirectoryReplicationMetadata Class

ActiveDirectoryRole Enumeration

ActiveDirectoryRoleCollection Class

ActiveDirectorySchedule Class

ActiveDirectorySchema Class

ActiveDirectorySchemaClass Class

ActiveDirectorySchemaClassCollection Class

ActiveDirectorySchemaProperty Class

ActiveDirectorySchemaPropertyCollection Class

ActiveDirectoryServerDownException Class

ActiveDirectorySite Class

ActiveDirectorySiteCollection Class

ActiveDirectorySiteLink Class

ActiveDirectorySiteLinkBridge Class

ActiveDirectorySiteLinkCollection Class

ActiveDirectorySiteOptions Enumeration

ActiveDirectorySubnet Class

ActiveDirectorySubnetCollection Class

ActiveDirectorySyntax Enumeration

ActiveDirectoryTransportType Enumeration

AdamInstance Class

AdamInstanceCollection Class

AdamRole Enumeration

AdamRoleCollection Class

ApplicationPartition Class

ApplicationPartitionCollection Class

AttributeMetadata Class

AttributeMetadataCollection Class

ConfigurationSet Class

DirectoryContext Class

DirectoryContextType Enumeration

DirectoryServer Class

DirectoryServerCollection Class

Domain Class

DomainCollection Class

DomainCollisionOptions Enumeration

DomainController Class

DomainControllerCollection Class

DomainMode Enumeration

Forest Class

ForestMode Enumeration

ForestTrustCollisionException Class

ForestTrustCollisionType Enumeration

ForestTrustDomainInfoCollection Class

ForestTrustDomainInformation Class

ForestTrustDomainStatus Enumeration

ForestTrustRelationshipCollision Class

ForestTrustRelationshipCollisionCollection Class

ForestTrustRelationshipInformation Class

GlobalCatalog Class

GlobalCatalogCollection Class

HourOfDay Enumeration

LocatorOptions Enumeration

MinuteOfHour Enumeration

NotificationStatus Enumeration

PropertyTypes Enumeration

ReadOnlyActiveDirectorySchemaClassCollection Class

ReadOnlyActiveDirectorySchemaPropertyCollection Class

ReadOnlyDirectoryServerCollection Class

ReadOnlySiteCollection Class

ReadOnlySiteLinkBridgeCollection Class

ReadOnlySiteLinkCollection Class

ReadOnlyStringCollection Class

ReplicationConnection Class

ReplicationConnectionCollection Class

ReplicationCursor Class

ReplicationCursorCollection Class

ReplicationFailure Class

ReplicationFailureCollection Class

ReplicationNeighbor Class

ReplicationNeighbor.ReplicationNeighborOptions Enumeration

ReplicationNeighborCollection Class

ReplicationOperation Class

ReplicationOperationCollection Class

ReplicationOperationInformation Class

ReplicationOperationType Enumeration

ReplicationSecurityLevel Enumeration

ReplicationSpan Enumeration

SchemaClassType Enumeration

SyncFromAllServersErrorCategory Enumeration

SyncFromAllServersErrorInformation Class

SyncFromAllServersEvent Enumeration

SyncFromAllServersOperationException Class

SyncFromAllServersOptions Enumeration

SyncUpdateCallback Delegate

TopLevelName Class

TopLevelNameCollection Class

TopLevelNameCollisionOptions Enumeration

TopLevelNameStatus Enumeration

TrustDirection Enumeration

TrustRelationshipInformation Class

TrustRelationshipInformationCollection Class

TrustType Enumeration

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LocatorOptions Enumeration

.NET Framework 4.5

Specifies search flags for finding a domain controller in a domain.

This enumeration has a FlagsAttribute attribute that allows a bitwise combination of its member values.

Namespace: System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory
Assembly: System.DirectoryServices (in System.DirectoryServices.dll)

[FlagsAttribute]
public enum LocatorOptions

	Member name	Description
	AvoidSelf	When searching for domain controllers from a domain controller, exclude this domain controller from the search. If the current computer is not a domain controller, this flag is ignored.
	ForceRediscovery	Forces cached domain controller data to be ignored when searching for domain controllers.
	KdcRequired	Search only for domain controllers that are currently running the Kerberos Key Distribution Center service.
	TimeServerRequired	Search only for domain controllers that are currently running the Windows Time service.
	WriteableRequired	Search only for writeable domain controllers.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory Namespace

Domain.FindDomainController

Domain.FindDomainController

DomainController.FindOne

DomainController.FindOne

Forest.FindGlobalCatalog

Forest.FindGlobalCatalog

GlobalCatalog.FindOne

GlobalCatalog.FindOne

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