May 112005
AD is a tricky beast. Not only do you need a server version of Windows, but experimenting with it no so simple too. Microsoft created ADAM for that: AD Application Mode, that basically means that you can start it just like any other program. And…you can run it with Windows XP Pro (SP1 +) too.
Microsoft has released a step-by-step guide how to implement it, and instructions how to bundle it with your application.
ADAM itself can be downloaded here.
Thanks for pointing, TSS.