The Connection Settings dialog box appears. You can use the Connection Settings dialog box to create a connection point to an object in Active Directory. The following text boxes are located in the Connection Settings dialog box:

Name. You should not change the text in this box because it might cause an error when you attempt to make a connection. The text in this box is updated automatically, if necessary, when you configure or select a Connection Point.

Path. Displays the URL for the selected object. It cannot be edited. If the path is not correct, click Cancel, and then select the correct object.

Connection Point Section

Click either Select or type a Distinguished Name or Naming Context or Select a well known Naming Context.

• If you click the Select or type a Distinguished Name or Naming Context radio button, type the distinguished name of the object that will be the connection point in Active Directory. For example, if your domain name is contoso.com and you want to connect to the Users container, type cn=users,dc=contoso,dc=com.
  
  
• If you click the Select a well known Naming Context radio button, select the directory partition that will be the connection point in Active Directory in the list of partitions in the selection menu.
  
  

Tip

Previous LDAP connections are remembered by the ADSI Edit tool. In versions earlier than Windows Server® 2008, the tool automatically attempts to load the current domain to which the user is logged on. If the computer is installed in a workgroup or otherwise not logged on to a domain, the message "The specified domain does not exist" appears repeatedly. To avoid these issues, open Mmc.exe, add the ADSI Edit snap-in manually, make any connections that are appropriate for you with whatever credentials are necessary, and then save the console file. This gives you your own default console that works with ADSI Edit.

Computer Section

Advanced Button

Protocol Section

To update the object from Active Directory, right-click an object, and then click Refresh. The Refresh command removes the current objects in the container and repopulates the container with updated information from Active Directory.

The Connection Settings dialog box appears, which provides the same configuration options as previously discussed in the Connect To section.

Removes the connection point that connects ADSI Edit to a directory partition or container within Active Directory. This command affects only what is shown in the ADSI Edit console. To remove objects from Active Directory, use the Delete command.

Reloads the schema information from Active Directory into the local computer's cache.

Click Query to create a new query. For more information about creating LDAP queries, see LDAP Query Basics (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=143553).

To update the object from Active Directory, right-click an object, and then click Refresh. The Refresh command removes the current objects in the container and repopulates the container with updated information from Active Directory.

Moves the object to another container in Active Directory. Opens a dialog box that you can use to select the destination container.

Creates a new connection point node and adds it to the console.

The New menu command reveals another menu that contains the Object command, which creates a new child object in the selected container. This command opens a set of chained dialog boxes that begins with the class of the object. If you do not have the appropriate permissions to create an object in the selected container, no classes will be listed. After you select a class, a dialog box opens for each required attribute. In the final dialog box, click More to view and edit any optional attributes.

Deletes the selected object from Active Directory. A dialog box appears asking you to confirm the deletion. This command does not appear in the menu if you do not have permissions to delete an object from Active Directory.

Changes the name of the object in Active Directory.

To update the object from Active Directory, right-click an object, and then click Refresh. The Refresh command removes the current objects in the container and repopulates the container with updated information from Active Directory.