title: Active Directory Searchable Filters
body: <p>Is there a way to query a company's active directory server to get a list of searchable attributes?</p>
  
  <p>I am a novice w.r.t. to AD but I do know that some common searchable attributes are:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Common Name </li>
  <li>Distinguished Name</li>
  <li>Organizational Unit</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>But, some companies may choose not to use some of these fields and others may use fields that are not in the above list.</p>
  
  <p>The problem I am trying to solve is to offer the customer a list of searchable attributes from their AD installation and allow them to specify search filters to narrow down the list of users or groups to choose from.</p>