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I reopen the question Open source alternatives to MS AD features (but) installable on MS Windows which was closed "as subjective and argumentative" whatever can it mean.

There wasn't a single in-topic or correct answer. Only multiple misinforming and hijacking answers and comments.

The main purpose was not to subvert MS licensing but avoid loosing time on deployment of full-fledged MS AD infrastructure when only some elements of AD and only temporarily needed for development and/or testing and/or integration.

Meanwhile I found such free non-MS and/or open-source alternatives installable on Windows, which, as I believe. is the most frequently required for development:

I invite you to extend this list.

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And both are closed without having a single in-topic answer (only misinformation and off-topic comments).

I thought it is a site governed by professionals.

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Please don't post duplicate questions. If you have a problem with something getting closed raise your issue in meta.serverfault.com. – squillman Aug 13 '10 at 17:40
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I don't understand you. You are wanting to develop against an MS AD environment, but are asking for alternatives to it. IMO, you are going to lose more time looking for an alternative to a very unique product than it would be to setup (or gain access) a simple AD environment. – DanBig Aug 13 '10 at 18:42
Setting up an AD domain for development purpose shouldn't take more then 2-3 hours. You would spend far more time trying to set up an alternative. Get a MSDN subscription download windows and be done with it. – Zoredache Aug 14 '10 at 21:14
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closed as exact duplicate by squillman, splattne♦ Aug 13 '10 at 20:24

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Check out the Samba documentation for replicating a full Active Directory environment without using actual Microsoft code. They've gotten pretty far in emulating it. There are still a few areas they haven't been able to duplicate.

Samba 4, which isn't released yet, will solve a lot of these problems. There are pre-production releases available for testing, but they don't recommend running it in real environments yet.

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I cannot find instructions how to install Samba server (components) on Windows. Can you give me any reference? – WebMAOhist Aug 13 '10 at 18:26
I am interested in DC/AD alternatives installable (preferably separately) on Windows. And preferably with the possibility to download precompiled installation (wizard) executables. I am lost in Samba documentation – WebMAOhist Aug 13 '10 at 18:36
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