The LDS installation
In the Windows Server 2022 operating system, LDS can be installed using Server Manager. In order to install LDS, a user needs to log in to the selected systems with local administrator privileges.
Once logged in, launch Server Manager and click on Add Roles and Features. Then, follow the wizard, select Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services under Server Roles, and proceed:
Figure 11.1: AD LDS role
Once the role is installed, click on the Post-Deployment Configuration wizard in Server Manager. LDS can be set up in two ways: one is by using a unique instance and the other one is by using a replica of an existing instance. The replica option is similar to using the cloned copy of an existing instance.
This is useful, especially in an application development environment where engineers need to maintain a number of application versions:
In the next window, we can define the name and description...
