How to search Global Catalog (whole forest) using PrincipalContext

Question

 myUserList AppUsers = new myUserList();    
 using (PrincipalContext pcxt = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain, domainName))
            {
                User         


        

Answer 1

ok, i got it working. I just had to change my code like below.

 myUserList AppUsers = new myUserList();    
 using (PrincipalContext pcxt = new PrincipalContext(ContextType.Domain,  "my-global-catalogue-server.subdomain.domain.com:port", "DC=subdomain,DC=domain,DC=com"))
            {
                UserPrincipal User = new UserPrincipal(pcxt);
                User.EmailAddress = emailString;

                PrincipalSearcher srch = new PrincipalSearcher(User);
                foreach (var principal in srch.FindAll())
                {
                    var p = (UserPrincipal)principal;
                    myUserRow User = AppUsers.NewUsersRow();
                    User.FirstName = p.GivenName;
                    User.LastName = p.Surname;
                    User.Email = p.EmailAddress;
                    AppUsers.AddUsersRow(User);

                }
            }