Directory Services

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The following guidelines relate to providing consistent, up-to-date support for Directory Services on Microsoft® Windows®:

• Use a product-specific DS object in the configuration/services container. (Best Practice)
• Use RpcNsBindingLookupBegin in RPC clients to find RPC server objects. (Recommended)
• Use WSALookupServiceBegin in clients to find Windows Sockets server objects. (Recommended)
• Locate COM objects in the Class Store transparently in COM and DCOM clients. (Recommended)
• Publish only machine-specific parameters in the registry. (Recommended)