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Take a look at the following snippet: http://forums.asp.net/t/1380245.aspx

Dim strValue As String
            
            Try
                
                Dim Domain As String = "mydomain.local"
                Dim Username As String = textname.Text
                Dim Password As String = textpassword.Text
                Dim strPath As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectoryEntry("LDAP://" & Domain, Username, Password)
                Dim objDirSearcher As New System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher(strPath)
                Dim objCollSearchResult As System.DirectoryServices.SearchResultCollection
                Dim objlSearchResult As System.DirectoryServices.SearchResult
                Dim objCollResultProperty As System.DirectoryServices.ResultPropertyCollection
                Dim objCollResultPropertyValue As System.DirectoryServices.ResultPropertyValueCollection
 
                objDirSearcher.Filter = ("(&(objectClass=user)(samaccountname=" & Username & "))")
 
                objCollSearchResult = objDirSearcher.FindAll()
 
                Select Case (objCollSearchResult.Count)
 
                    Case 0
                        
                        strValue = ""
 
                    Case Is > 1
                        
                        'Exit Function
 
                    Case Is = 1
 
 
 
                        objlSearchResult = objCollSearchResult.Item(0)
 
                        objCollResultProperty = objlSearchResult.Properties
 
                        objCollResultPropertyValue = objCollResultProperty.Item("mail")  'Put in the Active Directory object name that you wish to retrieve here.
 
                        strValue = objCollResultPropertyValue.Item(0)
                        lblResult.Text = strValue
                        
 
                End Select
 
       
           
                objDirSearcher.Dispose()
 
                objCollSearchResult.Dispose()
 
                objlSearchResult = Nothing
 
                objCollResultProperty = Nothing
 
                objCollResultPropertyValue = Nothing
 
            Catch ex As System.Exception
 
                Dim strMess As String
 
                strMess = ex.Message
                lblResult.Text = "You did not authenticate successfully"
                strValue = ""
 
            End Try

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' You will need to add a reference to this as well Imports System.DirectoryServices ' Snip ' ... ' Proxy addresses is a multi-value field. Each SMTP address is prefixed with "smtp:" ' hence the inclusion of the Wildcard, *. Dim ldapFilter As String = "(proxyAddresses=*user@domain.com)" ' If only the Primary Email address is required for the search this is more efficient ' Dim ldapFilter As String = "(mail=user@domain.com)" ' If we are authenticated and running this from a domain member all that needs ' to be done to connect to the current domain is this: Dim adDomain As New DirectoryEntry ' Create the search Dim adSearch As New DirectorySearcher(adDomain, ldapFilter) ' Enable Paging and set the Page Size (if more than 1000 results are necessary) adSearch.PageSize = 1000 ' Return a limited set of properties for the object adSearch.PropertiesToLoad.AddRange(New String() {"name", "distinguishedName", "mail"}) ' Return the results Dim adResults As SearchResultCollection = adSearch.FindAll() ' Loop through the results For Each adResult As SearchResult In adResults Console.WriteLine(adResult.Properties("name").Item(0).ToString()) Console.WriteLine(adResult.Properties("mail").Item(0).ToString()) Next

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