Installing ADAM on Vista SP1

To date, Microsoft still hasn’t released an ADAM build for Vista. We’ve since had to hack our way to get ADAM installed; however, the release of Vista SP1 presented a new set of obstacles. Basically what you’ll see is an “Entry Point Not Found” error which references the VSSAPI.DLL. In order to overcome this, you just copy the older version of the VSSAPI.DLL into the ADAM directory on your Vista machine (Thanks siudyda.com for the post).

Here are the steps to get ADAM installed on an Vista SP1 build:

1. Install ADAM on a non-Vista machine.
2. Copy the %WINDIR%\ADAM folder from your non-Vista machine to the same location on your Vista machine.
3. Create a new registry key HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ADAM_Shared. Under this key, create a new Multi-String value named “SharedFolders”.
4. Run the adaminstall.exe from the %WINDIR%\ADAM directory. Do not import any LDIF files. Note: if you experience the error mentioned above, just copy the older version of VSSAPI.DLL into your ADAM directory.
5. Complete the wizard and you should have a fully functional ADAM instance. All you need to do is import the LDIF files you want to design your schema.