LDAP Server for development purposes on Windows 8

Mike Chaliy picture Mike Chaliy · May 16, 2013 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

I need to test connectivity to LDAP from my application. I need something that I can easy install (preferred to be xcopy).

Years ago I was using Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) for this purposes. But it does not supported on Windows 8. Gives me funny error message:

You do not have permission to update Windows. Please contact your system administrator.

Now, it looks like Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS). But again:

Installer encountered an error: 0x80096002
The certificate for the signer of the message is invalid or not found.

So two questions:

  1. Is it possible to use AD LDS on Windows 8
  2. Any other options? Quick search for example gives OpenLDAP.

Answer

Mike Chaliy picture Mike Chaliy · May 21, 2013

If you have Windows 8 Pro, AD LDS is included to it. Go to Turn Windows features on or off, select Active Directory Light Weight Directory Services.

You can also use powershell

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName DirectoryServices-ADAM-Client