Simulating an Active Directory Login in Dev/Test Environment

Question

Currently building a WPF app that will run in an environment where the user logs into Windows PC which is on a domain (DC). The app will ask the user to enter their login and p

Answer 1

If you're on Windows 8 you can go to Add/Remove Windows Features and check AD LDS. Once it's finished configuring, run mmc and add ADSI Edit. It'll default to a domain controller on the network and you can populate your own instance of AD.