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System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement

v10.0.10

Provides uniform access and manipulation of user, computer, and group security principals across the multiple principal stores: Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS), Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), and Machine SAM (MSAM).

dotnetframework Microsoft
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Total Downloads
133.1M
133,077,871
Published
Jul 14, 2026
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement --version 10.0.10
Package Manager Console
Install-Package System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement -Version 10.0.10
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement" Version="10.0.10" />

Frameworks

net8.0 net9.0 net10.0 .NETStandard2.0

Dependencies

Microsoft.Bcl.Cryptography
net8.0
[10.0.10, )
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
net8.0
[10.0.10, )
System.DirectoryServices.Protocols
net8.0
[10.0.10, )
System.DirectoryServices
net8.0
[10.0.10, )
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
net9.0
[10.0.10, )
System.DirectoryServices.Protocols
net9.0
[10.0.10, )
System.DirectoryServices
net9.0
[10.0.10, )
System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
net10.0
[10.0.10, )
System.DirectoryServices.Protocols
net10.0
[10.0.10, )
System.DirectoryServices
net10.0
[10.0.10, )
Microsoft.Bcl.Cryptography
.NETStandard2.0
[10.0.10, )
System.Security.Principal.Windows
.NETStandard2.0
[5.0.0, )

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