Question

I have a website in MVC .Net 3.5, I need to use the code below in a Controller.
So I’m referencing the name space

System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

And I receive an error:

Error   1   The type or namespace name 'DirectoryServices' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

Which assembly Am I missing and how to add it in the project?

        // set up domain context
        PrincipalContext ctx = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain);

        // find a user
        UserPrincipal user = UserPrincipal.FindByIdentity(ctx, "SomeUserName");

        if (user != null)
        {
            // do something here.... 
            string givenName = user.GivenName;
        }

Answer 1

Make sure you have added reference to the System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement.dll assembly which is where this namespace lives.

For reference: PrincipalContext.