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Asked: 2026-05-10T15:31:36+00:00

We have an ASP.NET application running at a customer site that uses ActiveDirectory for

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We have an ASP.NET application running at a customer site that uses ActiveDirectory for user login via the ActiveDirectoryMembershipProvider. Their primary domain controller that we were pointing to went down this morning, and in getting everything set back up the client was wondering if we could have a redundant connection to two domain controllers; i.e. specifying a primary and a backup AD server. A Google search proved fruitless – does anyone know if this can be done?

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  1. If ActiveDirectory couldn’t handle multiple domain controllers then it wouldn’t be a very good technology.

    You just need to make sure in your Membership configuration you are pointing to the ‘Domain’ rather than the ‘Server’ and then add two or more controllers to your domain.

    Generally if you are referring to the domain as ‘LDAP://server/DC=domain,DC=com’ then you should be able to remove the ‘server’ part and refer simply to ‘LDAP://DC=domain,DC=com’

    The following code project gives a long list of things you can do in Active Directory from C#: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/everythingInAD.aspx#7

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