Excel Macros for Managing Service Connection Points

Service Connection Points can be managed using simple Excel Macros.

The following Excel Macro shows the minimum requirements for creating a new Service Connection Point.

Option Explicit

Private Sub p_CreateExampleSCP()

    Dim oAdSysInfo As ADSystemInfo
    Set oAdSysInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")
    
    Dim objComputer As ActiveDs.IADsContainer
    Set objComputer = GetObject("LDAP://" + oAdSysInfo.ComputerName)
    
    Dim IADsSCP As ActiveDs.IADs
    Set IADsSCP = objComputer.Create("ServiceConnectionPoint", _
                                "CN=Example SCP")
    
    IADsSCP.PutEx 2, "serviceBindingInformation", _
                    Array( _
                        " - UNC connection to Service", _
                        " - WS-Man connection to service" _
                    )
                    
    IADsSCP.PutEx 2, "Keywords", _
                    Array( _
                        "KW1=A kewyrowd value" _
                    )
                    
    IADsSCP.SetInfo

End Sub

The following Excel Macro shows how to delete the sample Service Connection Point.

Option Explicit

Private Sub p_DeleteExampleScp()
    Dim oAdSysInfo As ADSystemInfo
    Set oAdSysInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo")
    
    Dim objComputer As ActiveDs.IADsContainer
    Set objComputer = GetObject("LDAP://" + oAdSysInfo.ComputerName)

    objComputer.Delete "ServiceConnectionPoint", _
                        "CN=Example SCP"

End Sub