VHD
Test Drive Evaluation Package:
Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 RC
Contents
VHD Test Drive Program Overview
Add the virtual machine to your Hyper-V Manager
Getting
Started with Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 RC
This image is provided through the
Microsoft VHD Test Drive Program. The intent of this program is to
provide customers with fully configured virtual machines for the purpose of
test, evaluation, demonstration, training & education and proof of
concept. VHD Test Drive images may contain software from Microsoft and
Microsoft partners. This image is part of a library and program that is
expanding rapidly. Partners are encouraged to write VHDINFO@microsoft.com with regard to
questions, issues and desired images.
The evaluation period
for this virtual machine image is 180 days, the evaluation period terminates
and the image should be discarded. NO EFFORT SHOULD BE MADE TO ACTIVATE
THIS IMAGE after that date. Please read the following to get an idea of
the risks and key things you need to know.
Guidelines on usage:
· You have 10 days to activate the
product. If not
activated within 10 days, the system will shut down once every hour until
activated.
· The 180-day Trial is the full working version of the
Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise Full installation, the version most of
you will be working with in your corporate environment. It will not require a
product key (it is embedded with the download).
· The 180-day Trial will shut down once every hour when
you have reached the end of the 180-day evaluation period.
For complete
use-rights, please refer to the EULA contained within this evaluation package.
· Do not redistribute this image.
· Do not put this image into a
production environment.
· It is recommended not to join this
image to a corporate network.
· Since this Virtual Machine is running a DHCP Server, you
should not connect directly to an external network. The instructions for
activating this image can be found here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=183158
(NOTE: Critical and Recommended
updates were incorporated at the time of the image creation)
· Keep the security patches up to
date.
In order to use this
evaluation package you will need to have Microsoft Hyper-V installed on a
physical machine. This Windows Server 2008 R2
Enterprise evaluation package could be run on:
·
Windows
Server 2008 SP2 Hyper-V or
·
Windows
Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V or
·
Microsoft
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
Integration Services
for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 have been
installed within the virtual machine.
Hyper-V is available
on Windows Server 2008 only and the details on how to install Hyper-V can be
found here.
The evaluation package
referenced in this document includes a pre-configured virtual machine that you
will use to run your evaluation
|
Date |
Folder name |
|
02/06/2010(Date of Image Creation) |
LabServer |
The above table includes
the folder that contains all the files necessary to deploy this evaluation
image. These files were extracted into the same folder as this document
when you ran the installer.
In order to use this
evaluation you need to add this package as a new virtual machine to your
Hyper-V installation. To do this, perform the following steps from the
administration console of your Virtual Server:
· Add the virtual machine to Hyper-V
Manager
· Configuring virtual networks
·
Launch the
virtual machine
1. Once you go through the steps in Add the virtual machine to your Hyper-V
manager, the virtual machine you added will be listed under the Virtual Machines pane.
2. Right-Click on the virtual machine and click Settings.
3. Select Network Adapter on the left side pane, choose “LabNetwork” (the internal
network you created in the steps Configuring virtual networks) from the “Network” dropdown and click OK.
4. Right-Click on the virtual machine
and click Start.
Use the following
information to log on to Microsoft Windows contained within the virtual machine
·
Username: Labdomain\tfsadmin
·
Password: Password~1
You have 10 days grace period for evaluation before
activating the 180 day trial. Since this Virtual Machine is running a DHCP Server,
you should not connect it directly to an external network. The instructions for
activating this image can be found here: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=183158. Also
install the critical and recommended windows updates to keep the machine
secure.
To try out the
walkthrough steps: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=183158
Refer to
the latest version of this file from the vhd download site: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=183020
This image contains
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition installed with IIS, Active Directory,
DHCP Server and DNS. All critical and recommended updates have been installed
at the time of image creation. Please ensure to install additional
critical and recommended updates at the time of usage.
This image contains
Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 RC, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2010 RC
with Lab Management configured; System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
evaluation version. This image also contains another Virtual Machine Template
(Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition) with Visual Studio 2010 RC Agents
installed. All critical and recommended updates have been installed at the time
of image creation. Please ensure to install additional critical and
recommended updates at the time of usage.
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