Windows XP Pro and Active Directory

[effendi]

Hello everyone, I am new to ASP.net development so excuse me if the
questions sounds naive.

I am developing an application on a stand alone laptop. I am using MS
SQL 2005 Express, IIS.5.1 and Visual Studio Express on a Window XP Pro
OS. My application requires an AD authentication. I can code the
authetication form but I need an enviroment with AD installed/running.
How I can do this on the machine I am working on so that I can test
the code before deploying it in the real environment? Can it be
done?

Thank you in advance.

[Kevin Spencer]

It can only be done if your machine is a member of an AD domain.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Software Composer
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Hello everyone, I am new to ASP.net development so excuse me if the
questions sounds naive.

I am developing an application on a stand alone laptop. I am using MS
SQL 2005 Express, IIS.5.1 and Visual Studio Express on a Window XP Pro
OS. My application requires an AD authentication. I can code the
authetication form but I need an enviroment with AD installed/running.
How I can do this on the machine I am working on so that I can test
the code before deploying it in the real environment? Can it be
done?

Thank you in advance.

[Fendi Baba]

Kevin.

On Feb 7, 8:20 pm, "Kevin Spencer" <[e-mail]:

It can only be done if your machine is a member of an AD domain.

--
HTH,

I went through the Visual Studio home pages on Microsoft website and I
notice that the full-blow Visual Studio Professional edition can
emulate servers. Does this mean on a VS Professional I can replicate
the authentication scenario on a stand alone computer?

Thanks