Connection String Options

The connection string properties are the various options that can be used to establish a connection. This section provides a complete list of the options you can configure in the connection string for this provider. Click the links for further details.


Auth Mechanism The authentication mechanism to be used when connecting to the Active Directory server.
Base DN The base portion of the distinguished name, used for limiting results to specific subtrees.
Firewall Password A password used to authenticate to a proxy-based firewall.
Firewall Port The TCP port for a proxy-based firewall.
Firewall Server The name or IP address of a proxy-based firewall.
Firewall Type The protocol used by a proxy-based firewall.
Firewall User The user name to use to authenticate with a proxy-based firewall.
Follow Referrals Whether or not to follow referrals returned by the Active Directory server.
Friendly GUID Whether to return GUID attribute values in a human readable format.
Friendly SID Whether to return SID attribute values in a human readable format.
LDAP Version The LDAP version used to connect to and communicate with the server.
Location A path to the directory that contains the schema files defining tables, views, and stored procedures.
Log Modules Core modules to be included in the log file.
Max Rows Limits the number of rows returned rows when no aggregation or group by is used in the query. This helps avoid performance issues at design time.
Other These hidden properties are used only in specific use cases.
Password The password for the distinguished name of the specified user.
Port The port the Active Directory server is running on.
Readonly You can use this property to enforce read-only access to Active Directory from the provider.
Scope Whether to limit the scope of the search to the whole subtree (BaseDN and all of its descendants), a single level (BaseDN and its direct descendants), or the base object (BaseDN only).
Server The domain name or IP of the Active Directory server.
SSL Server Cert The certificate to be accepted from the server when connecting using TLS/SSL.
Timeout The value in seconds until the timeout error is thrown, canceling the operation.
User The distinguished name of a user.