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The project I´m working on needs to auth its users against AD, and as a fallback check against its own user base. Now I need to test it outside the production environment.
What is the best method to setup a Active Directory test environment? Currently I´m downloading a Windows 2003 Virtual PC image, and planning a VMWare virtual LAN.
Is there any problem in that approach?
Is this environment suppose to simulate as many ActiveDirectory installations as possible, or is it to just test that authentication works against a DC?
At a minimum, you will want to setup two Domain Controllers, a Primary and a Secondary. You will want to also setup accounts with a variety of account states (password expired, account expired, account lockout, etc).
Some other issues to think about:
Is your domain running as a Win2000 functional Domain? or a Windows 2003 functional Domain? If you have multiple domains, will you support Universal Group membership? If you have multiple forrests, will you support Cross-Forest Trust relationships?