diff --git a/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/Models/DirSearchRoot.cs b/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/Models/DirSearchRoot.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edb9f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/Models/DirSearchRoot.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using DigitalData.Core.Application;
+using System.DirectoryServices;
+
+namespace DigitalData.UserManager.API.Models;
+
+[Obsolete("Use ActiveDirectory.API")]
+public class DirSearchRoot : DirectorySearchOptions
+{
+    public string Path => $"LDAP://{ServerName}/{Root}";
+
+    public string? Username { get; set; }
+
+    public string? Password { get; set; }
+
+    [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Interoperability", "CA1416:Validate platform compatibility", Justification = "<Pending>")]
+    public DirectoryEntry ToDirectoryEntry => new ()
+    {
+        Path = Path,
+        Username = Username,
+        Password = Password
+    };
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/Program.cs b/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/Program.cs
index b259d67..0e472de 100644
--- a/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/Program.cs
+++ b/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/Program.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ try {
         
     builder.ConfigureBySection<DirectorySearchOptions>();
     builder.Services.AddDirectorySearchService(config.GetSection("DirectorySearchOptions"));
+    builder.Services.Configure<DirSearchRoot>(config.GetSection("DirectorySearchOptions"));
     builder.Services.AddJWTService<UserReadDto>(user => new SecurityTokenDescriptor()
     {
         Claims = user.ToClaimList().ToDictionary(claim => claim.Type, claim => claim.Value as object)
diff --git a/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/appsettings.json b/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/appsettings.json
index cc6f13e..8e8aa78 100644
--- a/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/appsettings.json
+++ b/src/DigitalData.UserManager.API/appsettings.json
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
   "DirectorySearchOptions": {
     "ServerName": "DD-VMP01-DC01",
     "Root": "DC=dd-gan,DC=local,DC=digitaldata,DC=works",
+    "Username": "FABRIK19-User01",
+    "Password": "9bWOr0UGuHn_7VkC",
     "UserCacheExpirationDays": 1,
     "CustomSearchFilters": {
       "User": "(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName=*))",