Downloads
LDAP Query Executable (v1.7 - 16th Feb 2013) : Download Executable
Updates : added import/export of queries, so that you can share queries with other users.
Credentials are not stored in the export file, so it is safe to transfer.
Common queries that I use : Download Queries (unzip it and then import it into VTLDAPQuery - it will not overwrite existing queries)
LDAP Query Executable (v1.6 - 10th Feb 2013) : Download Executable
Updates : added ability to right-click delete a stored query.
LDAP Query Executable (v1.5 - 13th Sept 2012) : Download Executable
Updates : added a Save Results button, so that the results from the LDAP Query can be saved to a text file.
LDAP Query Executable (v1.4) : Download Executable
Information
Active Directory stores important information about users, groups etc. The ability to query that information can be quite useful, especially when building up business processes. Whether you are writing code, script, or designing workflows, one of the worst things that you could do in a business scenario, is hardcode values. If you are sending an email to a user, if that user is on leave, or resigns from the company, this could potentially break your process, resulting in hours of extra workflow and unnecessary money spent by the company to resolve this.
What I've found in my travels, is that LDAP Queries are a very useful tool to have access to. Ofcourse you need permissions to be able to query Activity Directory via LDAP, but I'll leave that up to the reader.
The things that catches me out all the time, is that is that I come up with queries that are useful for me, and 6 months down the track, I lost the piece of paper I wrote it on, or I have rebuilt my laptop and lost the text files I kept that in. This is what prompted me to create this tool. It helps me test out LDAP Queries quite quickly and easily. It also lets me save those queries with a description, so I can come back to them later.
The Tool : LDAP Query
The usage of the tool is quite simple.
You put in the LDAP Path, credentials, query and the property you want to get back and click on the "Run Query" button.
It returns the results in the listbox below the button. The results will return in the format of :
<Name of the object>
<Result>
<Result>
<Name of the object>
<Result>
<Result>
etc
Once you have a query that meets your needs, add some decriptive text into the Description field and click the Save button. This will save the query into the right listbox. Whenever you open this tool, the saved queries will appear in the right listbox and if you click on one, it'll fill in those details on the left for your to run the query again.
Only the query, property, scope and description is saved. The LDAP Path and credentials are not kept with the queries themselves, since I thought there could potentially be multiple ADs that you could be working with. When you close the tool, the latest LDAP Path and credentials are persisted, so that they come back the next time you open the tool.
In the results listbox, everytime you click on a result, it copies it to the Clipboard. I found that I needed this when I would search for a groups distinguishedName. It would be a long piece of text that I would need in another LDAP query, so this saved me from typing it out.
ToDo
Currently, I can't think of anything I need to add to this tool. But if you have some ideas, please let me know.