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ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider.PasswordFormat Property

Gets a value indicating the format of passwords in the Active Directory data store.

Namespace:  System.Web.Security
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

abstract PasswordFormat : MembershipPasswordFormat
override PasswordFormat : MembershipPasswordFormat

Property Value

Type: System.Web.Security.MembershipPasswordFormat
One of the MembershipPasswordFormat values. The PasswordFormat property always returns Hashed.

The ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider property does not support password retrieval. The behavior of the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider object is the same as other providers working with Hashed passwords.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

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