Single machine domain with Windows 7 OS

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Published on 2010-05-20T12:31:22Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 12:40 UTC
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Is it possible to setup one single machine with Windows 7 x64 OS and somehow make it work as if it's part of a certain domain? So domain controller would be simulated in some way? I would like to avoid VMs and make it actually work on one machine with non server OS.

Is there even a simpler way of doing it?

Why: I have to setup development environment for Sharepoint 2010 and it will make my life much easier if my machine would be part of a domain.

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