Virtual server

Hi,

I am setting up my development environment in which I need two servers. I have a rather strong physical sevrer and I was thinking that both my servers could reside on this one. I need a domain controller and a server for SharePoint.

Which would be my best approach?

To install Hyper-V and my servers on top of that?

Install a server with the domain controller and then my other server using virtal PC or virtual server?

In my development machine I am working on a WPF application where I need to call the AD using LDAP - se the code snippet. What do I need to do to get this working? Any ports that needs to be opened? Does my development machine need to be in the Domain?

I would greatly appreciate advice in this matter since I am a roukie when it comes to setting up servers.

Best regards
RTSol

public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            //Establish the user identity
            WindowsIdentity currIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
            string NtAccountName = currIdentity.Name;

            //Search in the active directory
            DirectoryEntry entry = new DirectoryEntry("LDAP://server.domain.se", "DOMAIN\\Administrator", "Password");
            DirectorySearcher ADSearch = new DirectorySearcher(entry);
            ADSearch.Filter = "(&(objectClass=user))";

            string loginname = String.Empty;
            string firstname = String.Empty;
            string lastname = String.Empty;
            try
            {
                foreach (SearchResult resultSet in ADSearch.FindAll())
                {
                    //Login Name
                    loginname += GetProperty(resultSet, "cn") + "¤";

                    //First Name
                    firstname += GetProperty(resultSet, "cn") + "¤";

                    //Last Name
                    lastname += GetProperty(resultSet, "cn") + "¤";
                }
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                string mess = ex.Message;
            }
        }

        public static string GetProperty(SearchResult resultSet, string PropertyName)
        {
            if (resultSet.Properties.Contains(PropertyName))
            {
                return resultSet.Properties[PropertyName][0].ToString();
            }
            else
            {
                return string.Empty;
            }
        }

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