A book/CD-ROM written by developers for developers, providing a solutions-oriented approach to application development. Covers basics of Active Directory, and describes its structure and contents. Provides a reference for Active Directory Services Interfaces, and for Microsoft's implementation of the LDAP API. The CD-ROM contains sample programs, a C++ LDAP class library with source code, and an LDAP browser. The author is director of engineering at a leading developer of monitoring and analysis tools for network directories. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)