Testing Windows AD Integration on a Workgroup Machine

Question

Is there any help for developers that can simulate Windows AD on a machine without a domain, otherwise my laptop?

Answer 1

Yes, to some extent, Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS - formerly known as AD / AM) can do this.

This is a Windows service that you can install, start and stop on a dev machine and that works very accurately like a "real" Active Directory.

There are some limitations - see MSDN docs for details.

Mark

: AD LDS Win Server 2003 R2 Win Server 2008 AD/AM (Active Directory/Application Mode) Windows XP WinServer 2003 :

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9688F8B9-1034-4EF6-A3E5-2A2A57B5C8E4&displaylang=en

Answer 2

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Virtual PC VMware AD. , 2008 (R2?) Hyper-V.