diff --git a/admin/files/checklogin.php b/admin/files/checklogin.php
index 6a0bdef..e307fea 100644
--- a/admin/files/checklogin.php
+++ b/admin/files/checklogin.php
@@ -1,23 +1,119 @@
 <?php
 session_start();
-if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]=="POST")
+
+define('USE_LDAP', true); // Validate against Active Directory false to use DB
+define('CHECK_GROUP', false); //Check for group membership?
+define('DOMAIN_FQDN', 'MY.FQDN'); //Replace with REAL DOMAIN FQDN
+define('LDAP_SERVER', 'x.x.x.x');  //Replace with REAL LDAP SERVER Address
+define('LDAP_GROUP', 'groupname'); //Name of group in AD
+define('USER_BASE', 'OU=XX,DC=XX,DC=XX'); //Use your local AD base
+
+if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
+
+    include "../../database/config.php";
+    $username = $_POST["username"];
+    $password = $_POST["password"];
+
+    if (!USE_LDAP) {
+        $enc_password = hash('sha256', $password, false);
+        $sql = "SELECT * from teachers where email='$username' AND password='$enc_password'";
+        $res = $conn->query($sql);
+        if ($res->num_rows == 1) {
+            //if login successful then initialize the session
+            $row = $res->fetch_assoc();
+            initSess($row['id']);
+
+            echo "success";
+        } else {
+            echo "fail";
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (testLDAP($username, $password)) {
+
+            $sql = "SELECT * from teachers where email='$username';";
+            $res = $conn->query($sql);
+
+            if ($res->num_rows == 0) {
+                //User not found so add to local DB
+                $sql = "INSERT INTO teachers (`email`) VALUES ('$username');";
+                $res = $conn->query($sql);
+                //Initialize session with last index
+                initSess($conn->insert_id);
+            } else {
+                //User exists so just use ID for session
+                $row = $res->fetch_assoc();
+                initSess($row['id']);
+            }
+            echo "success";
+        } else {
+            echo "fail";
+        }
+    }
+}
+//initialize session
+function initSess($id)
+{
+    $_SESSION["user_id"] = $id;
+}
+function testLDAP($user, $pass)
+{
+    //set variables for AD query
+    $uname =  $user . '@' . DOMAIN_FQDN;
+
+    //Try LDAP connection
+    $ds = ldap_connect("ldap://" . LDAP_SERVER . "/");
+
+    if ($ds) { //Connection successful?
+
+        //try bind to test for valid user credentials
+        $ldapbind = @ldap_bind($ds, $uname, $pass);
+        if (!$ldapbind) {
+            //bad crecentials login failed
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        //Create filter for upn from username
+        $filter = "(userPrincipalName=" . $uname . ")";
+
+        // Search for upn in base path
+        $sr = ldap_search($ds, USER_BASE, $filter);
+
+        if (ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr) == 0) {
+            //Account not found
+            return false;
+        } elseif (ldap_count_entries($ds, $sr) == 1) {
+            //Account found so...
+            //is CHECK_GROUP set? If not then return good login
+            if (!CHECK_GROUP) {
+                //Login OK
+                return true;
+            } else {
+                //Otherwise get group members
+                $info = ldap_get_entries($ds, $sr);
+
+                //search for user in LDAP_GROUP group
+                if (wildcard_in_array("CN=" . LDAP_GROUP, $info[0]['memberof'])) {
+                    //User found in group
+                    return true;
+                } else {
+                    //User not found in group
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    } else {
+        //LDAP connection error
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+//Search group member array
+function wildcard_in_array($string, $array = array())
 {
-	include "../../database/config.php";
-	$username=$_POST["username"];
-	$password=$_POST["password"];
-	$enc_password=hash('sha256',$password,false);
-	$sql="SELECT * from teachers where email='$username' AND password='$enc_password'";
-	$res=mysqli_query($conn,$sql);
-	if(mysqli_num_rows($res) == 1)
-	{
-		echo "success";
-		//if login successful then initialize the session
-		$row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($res);
-		$_SESSION["user_id"] = $row["id"];
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		echo "fail";
-	}
+    foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
+        unset($array[$key]);
+        if (strpos($value, $string) !== false) {
+            $array[$key] = $value;
+        }
+    }
+    return $array;
 }
-?>
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