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One of the cornerstones of intranet functionality is the ability to quickly locate colleagues and obtain their contact information. In this episode of Enterprise 2.0 Workbench we take a look at using ADF to create a Data Control on top of a Java Bean that connects with an instance of LDAP / Active Directory. One of the most powerful aspects of ADF is the ability to leverage Data Controls that abstract a web developer from having to know details of underlying data sources. In our sample we are going to illustrate how a Java Bean can be created, along with a search class and search method to expose LDAP functionality to developers who via the Data Control will be able to drag and drop items within the Data Control to declaratively create this portlet.