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Asked: 2026-05-13T18:05:50+00:00

I am working on a project for a client at home. I use Windows

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I am working on a project for a client at home. I use Windows XP Home edition as my main development (at home).

The client needs some Active Directory projects that require setting up new users, new groups, editing users, etc. However, I can’t seem to get a test environment setup for testing.

I am running VirtualBox and in the past, I had a trial version of Windows Server 2003. But all I can seem to find now is 2008 and none of the images seem to work with my machine.

Is there a better way for me work with AD? The project isn’t going to pay enough to justify buying 2003/2008.

Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You don’t need to buy anything, the trial virtual machines you can get from Microsoft will work fine.

    There is a trick for getting the VMs to work in Virtual Box though. Basically you have to use Virtual PC’s VHD wizard utility to compact the HyperV VHD. Then you can create a new VM in Virtual Box using this disk.

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