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.NET Framework 4.5

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System.DirectoryServices Namespaces

System.DirectoryServices

ActiveDirectoryAccessRule Class

ActiveDirectoryAuditRule Class

ActiveDirectoryRights Enumeration

ActiveDirectorySecurity Class

ActiveDirectorySecurityInheritance Enumeration

AuthenticationTypes Enumeration

CreateChildAccessRule Class

DeleteChildAccessRule Class

DeleteTreeAccessRule Class

DereferenceAlias Enumeration

DirectoryEntries Class

DirectoryEntry Class

DirectoryEntryConfiguration Class

DirectorySearcher Class

DirectoryServicesCOMException Class

DirectoryServicesPermission Class

DirectoryServicesPermissionAccess Enumeration

DirectoryServicesPermissionAttribute Class

DirectoryServicesPermissionEntry Class

DirectoryServicesPermissionEntryCollection Class

DirectorySynchronization Class

DirectorySynchronizationOptions Enumeration

DirectoryVirtualListView Class

DirectoryVirtualListViewContext Class

DSDescriptionAttribute Class

ExtendedDN Enumeration

ExtendedRightAccessRule Class

ListChildrenAccessRule Class

PasswordEncodingMethod Enumeration

PropertyAccess Enumeration

PropertyAccessRule Class

PropertyCollection Class

PropertySetAccessRule Class

PropertyValueCollection Class

ReferralChasingOption Enumeration

ResultPropertyCollection Class

ResultPropertyValueCollection Class

SchemaNameCollection Class

SearchResult Class

SearchResultCollection Class

SearchScope Enumeration

SecurityMasks Enumeration

SortDirection Enumeration

SortOption Class

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SortDirection Enumeration

.NET Framework 4.5

The SortDirection enumeration specifies how to sort the results of an Active Directory Domain Services query.

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

public enum SortDirection

	Member name	Description
	Ascending	Sort from smallest to largest. For example, A to Z.
	Descending	Sort from largest to smallest. For example, Z to A.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.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 Namespace

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