ADAM (Active Directory In Application Mode) Custom Role Provider

ADAM (Active Directory on Application Mode) has become increasingly common for companies that want to implement a featherweight directory protocol to use within their SharePoint environment. With ADAM, setting up role based security principles is common because it is an extendable architecture that provides the benefits of Active Directory without the management and implementation overhead, and also allows the concept of binding roles to operations which is a very helpful function since beyond acting as a role and user data store, the ADAM instance can become an engine by which to run an mixed, integrated SharePoint and miscellaneous application environment. The AzMan role provider limits the users that you can integrate with the LDAP pluggable provider to those that resolve to a tangible windows identity (it must be a domain account), which of course is a problem for people that wish to use ADAM only users. With increased support for ADAM in SharePoint 2007, the requirement from customers has become even more prevalent and for some, the lack of role support has become a cause for concern. Also download ADAM Role Provider - Version 2.12.343.234 - Tested On SharePoint 2007