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LDAP Server for development purposes on Windows 8

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.
Solution

  • I ended with OpenLDAP for Windows, just because it does not require any dependencies.

    I also added it to Chocolatey

    cinst openldap