OL97: No Support of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol

 Last reviewed: January 19, 1998
Article ID: Q166091
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Outlook 97

SUMMARY

Microsoft Outlook 97 does not support the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) for client directory lookups.

MORE INFORMATION

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a protocol for clients to query and manage information in a Directory Service over a TCP connection (port 389). The LDAP protocol was designed by University of Michigan to provide access to the X.500 Directory while not incurring the resource requirements of the Directory Access Protocol (DAP). This makes it very suitable for use on the Internet.

Outlook is not a LDAP client and does not provide the ability to query using LDAP. Active Directory is a Directory Service integrated with the Windows NT Server operating system; it offers the hierarchical view, extensibility, scalability, and distributed security required by all customers. Microsoft provides support for LDAP in Active Directory and enables it to integrate with the Internet. With this LDAP support, customers can deploy Active Directory in a corporate computing environment and interoperate with LDAP clients from multiple vendors.

REFERENCES

For more information on LDAP, please see the following address on the Microsoft Internet site: 

   URL  : http://www.microsoft.com/windows/common/a586.htm

   Title: Microsoft's Position on LDAP
NOTE: Because the Microsoft Web site is constantly updated, the site address may change without notice. If this occurs, link to the Microsoft home page at the following address and search for LDAP: 

   http://www.microsoft.com/


Keywords          : MsgAdd kbinterop kbnetwork
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo
Solution Type     : kbfix

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Last reviewed: January 19, 1998
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