[Samba] Samba AD DC and browsing of shares

[Jānis]

Hi!

I know it is not right to have users' home directories and shared maps  
on DC, but - is there any workaround which could enable browsing of  
shares on Samba4 (4.2) AD DC like it was in good ole times of Samba3 DC?

I heard some workaround exists, but with no details an further references.

Is it crucial to have AD DC if I have to join Windows 7, 8, 8.1 to the  
domain and do not plan to use latest bells and whistles of domain  
management, just centralized supervision of users (kind of)?

Janis