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:
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