Server is unwilling to process the request - Active Directory - Add User via C#

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Mauricio Ramalho picture Mauricio Ramalho · Dec 6, 2012 · Viewed 44.9k times · Source

I used the example in this page to add a user to an Active Directory group, but I get an exception with the message "Server is unwilling to process the request" when executing

dirEntry.Properties["member"].Add(userDn);

Answer

Ju66ernaut picture Ju66ernaut · Aug 28, 2015

I had a similar issue where I was trying to add a member to a group. Specifically trying to add a group to a group and getting the same helpful error 'The server is unwilling to process the request' The answer provided by the OP did not work for me.

For me, the reason I was unable to add a group to my group was because the group I was trying to add members to was a 'global' scoped group whereas it needed to be a 'universal' scoped group. Hope this helps someone.

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