Anyone have a good article on how to setup an AD Lab in VMWARE Workstation for Home Lab?

Question

Background: I am a developer. Windows experienced, Linux experienced. I am Not a Sysadmin.

I would like to play around with Active Directory on my home PC.

I have a Nehalem-based Xeon with 12 gigs of memory, so I was hoping to hoist up a few VM's (I have VMWare 7 Workstation) to get the job done.

Since I am not an admin, I need a little more detail than articles I have found.

Anyone have any recommended sites ?

TIA.

Flyer

Answer 1

Here are some links to articles you could need:

• How To Create A Network Test Lab With VMware
• Microsoft Support: Considerations when hosting Active Directory domain controller in virtual hosting environments
• Building a Windows Server 2008 virtual test lab

Answer 2

How do I install Active Directory on my Windows Server 2003 server? (from www.petri.co.il)