Anonymous577431

I've been searching on several forums about this topic and so far I didn't get any reasonable answer. I understand that a domain controller is an authenticator and not a server one logs into it. My question is: what is the most accurate way of getting the list of active users/hosts inside a domain

If I enable auditing for account logon events on all domain controller servers, do I get logon and logoff events in an accurate manner. Does the logoff have a timeout, what happens if the pc goes away from the network and comes back again

If I use some APIs like NetWkstaUserEnum, what is the impact on the network (assuming I do it remotely from one location for >1k PCs). Is WMI better then NetWkstaUserEnum

How can I bind username to hostname/IP address for all active users (with a good accuracy)

Regards,

R.


Re: Windows SDK list all active users in a domain - second try

AndyCadley

Active Directory itself doesn't really provide that kind of presence information. You might want to look at integrating with Live Communications Server or else provide the presence information via your own client side app.