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I'm trying to setup a test environment on a Windows 7 professional box wherein I can test building a federated ASP.NET application that connects to an ADFS 2.0 issuer.

My plan is to install Windows Server 2012 (or earlier) in a virtual machine on my Win 7 box.

A) Is this feasible? B) How exactly would I connect to ADFS inside a virtual machine running on the same box as the ASP.NET application?

Nate222
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  • Could you elaborate on point B? what do you mean by connecting 'ADFS inside a virtual machine running on the same box as the ASP.NET application'? ASP.NET is also on the VM? Or it's on the Win7 host? Have you got AD set up? – jjczopek Jul 02 '15 at 21:26
  • Right - the ASP.NET app would be on the host Win7 box, and ADFS running in a virtual machine on that same Win7 host. – Nate222 Jul 02 '15 at 21:57
  • Regarding the "`(or earlier)`" part of the question: as someone who has been through this, you _really_ want Server 2012 R2 (or later). – Joel Coehoorn Jul 02 '15 at 23:03

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A Server 2012 can run inside of Virtual Box.

B When setting up the VM, you will want to choose the Bridged networking networking option. This will make your ADFS guest look like any other computer on your local network.

Joel Coehoorn
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  • Perfect. I'll just go ahead and mark this as answered in lieu of getting it all setup - because I doubt I'm going to get any additional feedback regarding this. I may also try setting up a VM in Azure if things don't work out. – Nate222 Jul 02 '15 at 23:18