Provider Registry Information

Under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\ADs\Providers subkey, an ADSI provider must have the following subkeys and values:

ProgIDNamespace = Friendly Name

Under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID subkey, provider namespace objects must have the following subkeys and values:

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID = FriendlyDisplayName

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\InProcServer32 = ProviderDLLFilename

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\InProcServer32\ThreadingModel=Both

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\ProgID= ProviderNamespaceObjectName

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\TypeLib=ProviderTypeLibCLSID

ProgIDNamespaceCLSID\Version = ProviderVersionNumber

Under the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID subkey, provider top-level objects must have the following subkeys and values:

ProgIDCLSID = FriendlyDisplayName

ProgIDCLSID\InProcServer32 = ProviderDLLFilename

ProgIDCLSID\InProcServer32\ThreadingModel=Both

ProgIDCLSID\ProgID= ProviderProgIDObjectName

ProgIDCLSID\TypeLib=ProviderTypeLibCLSID

ProgIDCLSID\Version = ProviderVersionNumber

After installing ADSI SDK, the registry contains the following values under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:

    SOFTWARE
        Microsoft
            ADs
                Providers
                    LDAP      <No Name>:REG_SZ:LDAPNamespace
                    NDS       <No Name>:REG_SZ:NDSNamespace
                    NWCOMPAT  <No Name>:REG_SZ:NWCOMPATNamespace
                    WinNT     <No Name>:REG_SZ:WinNTNamespace 

For a specific example, see Installing the Example Provider Component.