Use ADSI Edit to Manage an AD LDS Instance

1. Open ADSI Edit.
2. In the console tree, click ADSI Edit .
3. On the Action menu, click Connect to .
4. In Select or type a domain or server: (Server |   Domain[:port] , type the Domain Name Service (DNS) name, NetBIOS name, or IP address of the computer on which the AD LDS instance is running, followed by a colon (:) and the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) communication port that the AD LDS instance to which you want to connect is using.

1. Under Connection point , do one of the following:
   • Click Select or type a distinguished name (DN) or naming context , and then specify the distinguished name to which you want to connect.
     
   • Click Select a well-known naming context , and then click Configuration , RootDSE , or Schema .
     
2. To connect with an alternative account, click Advanced ; click Specify Credentials ; and then, under Connect using these credentials , type the domain, user name, and password of the account.

Additional considerations

• To open ADSI Edit, on a computer with the AD LDS server role installed, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click ADSI Edit .
  
• To create additional connections to AD LDS instances, on the Action menu, click Connect to for each new connection.
  
• The default communication port for LDAP is 389.
  
• To connect to an AD LDS instance running on the local computer, type localhost as the server name.