Microsoft Test Lab Guides

The ongoing saga of Microsoft Test Lab Guides (TLGs) and the writers who love them...

TLG for the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET 5.2) is now available

Hey TLG fans, Dan Cuomo, a Premier Field Engineer here at Microsoft, has just published the Test Lab...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/11/2015

Ways to create a SharePoint 2013 in Azure dev/test or IT testing environment

Hey SharePoint and Azure fans, With the publication of the Set up a SharePoint intranet farm in a...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/27/2015

New set of hybrid cloud test environments

Hey TLG and Azure fans, When adapting the Test Lab Guides (TLGs) content for the upcoming new world...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/19/2015

How the Azure Base Configuration Test Lab works

The Azure Base Configuration test lab, the latest incarnation of the base configurations for the...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/29/2014

New Azure TLG: Demonstrating FIM 2010 R2 ECMA2 with SQL Azure

Hey TLG, FIM 2010 R2, and Azure fans, Check out this new Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating FIM 2010 R2...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/07/2014

The first 3-way TLG: Exchange Server 2013 TLG for Windows Server 2012 R2

Hey TLG and Exchange fans, Jeff Cothern and I have been working on the Test Lab Guide: Install...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/25/2014

New SQL Server 2014 in Azure TLG

Hey TLG, SQL Server, and Azure fans, There is a new Test Lab Guide: SQL Server 2014 in Azure. With...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/17/2014

Directory Sync with Office 365 – New Test Lab Guide (TLG) for the Public Cloud TLG Stack

Hey TLG and public cloud technology fans, We recently released the Set Up a Directory...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/11/2014

New Exchange Server 2013 TLG for the Windows Server 2012 R2 Base Configuration is now available

Hey TLG and Exchange fans, Jeff Cothern just published Test Lab Guide: Install Exchange Server 2013...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/05/2014

New SharePoint Server 2013 3-tier farm test lab in Azure

Hey TLG, SharePoint, and Azure fans, I just published the new Test Lab Guide: SharePoint Server 2013...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/18/2014

Three Types of Base Configurations

Hey TLG fans, It is time clarify the different types of base configurations for Test Lab Guide (TLG)...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 02/04/2014

New Base Configuration in Microsoft Azure!

Hey current and future Microsoft Azure fans, I just published the Base Configuration in Azure TLG,...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/23/2014

Two new TLGs for the new Public Cloud TLG stack

Hey TLG and public cloud technology fans, Prolific TLG author Bill Mathers just published two new...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/15/2014

New Test Lab Guide: Configuring an Office 365 Trial Subscription

Hey TLG and Office Server 2013 fans, Cloud products like Office 365 and Windows Azure have gotten a...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 12/20/2013

New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Lync Server 2013

Hey TLG and Lync fans, You can now download the new Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Lync Server 2013. If...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 12/12/2013

Updated Base Configuration TLG for Windows Server 2012 R2

Hey TLG and Windows Server 2012 R2 fans, My colleagues Tim Quinn and Bill Mathers have updated and...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 12/10/2013

Extending the base configuration to include mobile clients

Hey TLG and mobile client fans, The Base Configuration test lab, consisting of the Corpnet subnet...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 12/02/2013

Test Lab Guide: Configure eDiscovery for an Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, and Windows File Shares Test Lab

Hey TLG and Office Server 2013 fans, My esteemed colleague Chris Fox just published Configure...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 11/19/2013

Two new Windows Server 2012 R2 TLGs published!

Hey TLG and Windows Server 2012 R2 fans, Tim Quinn, author of the ever-popular Base Configuration...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 10/01/2013

New Windows Server 2012 base configuration test lab for public cloud technologies

To enable the use of public cloud technologies, such as Office 365 or Windows Azure, with test lab...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 09/26/2013

Windows PowerShell command blocks for Hyper-V configurations

Hey TLG and automation fans, Continuing the drive toward better automation for setting up test labs...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/28/2013

Hydration Kit for base configuration test labs

Hey TLG and automation fans, Andrew Barnes, AKA Scriptimus Prime, has developed and published a...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 08/01/2013

New Base Configuration for Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview!

Hey TLG and Windows Server 2012 fans, Tim Quinn, author of the ever-popular Base Configuration TLG...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/19/2013

Test Lab Guide: Configure an Integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint Test Lab

Hey TLG and Office Server 2013 fans, My partners-in-content Tony Trivison and Mitch Duncan and I...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/11/2013

New Test Lab Guide: Configure a Highly Available SharePoint Server 2013 Search Topology

Hey TLG and SharePoint search fans, My esteemed colleague Dan Wesley has just published Configure a...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/09/2013

The first TLG stack poster for SharePoint 2013

Hey TLG fans, In an attempt to get even more visual, I just published the first poster for TLGs...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/03/2013

Announcing the TLG Content Creation Kit

Hey TLG fans, On the heels of consolidating the TLG content guidance and templates into the TechNet...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 07/02/2013

An open invitation to Microsoft partners

Hey Microsoft partners who are also TLG fans, Test Lab Guides (TLGs) are open to anyone to...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/21/2013

TLGs a key part of the new Fast Learner Modules

Hey TLG fans and fast learners, I recently published the first series of Fast Learner Modules in the...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/13/2013

Two new Hyper-V configuration overview videos

Hey TLG video fans, I recently published two Hyper-V configuration overview videos. For the Hosting...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/12/2013

Over 200 pieces of Test Lab Guide content and counting…

Hey TLGers, Just a quick note to commemorate the new milestone for Test Lab Guides (TLGs): There are...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/10/2013

New creating and publishing TLG content topics

Hey aspiring TLG content creators, In an attempt to standardize and provide more detailed end-to-end...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 06/07/2013

Three new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V TLGs published!

Hey TLG and Hyper-V fans, MVP Mikhail Komarov and Vladimir Savko continue their drive on Hyper-V in...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/28/2013

Two new SharePoint 2013 TLGs and a PPT showing the entire stack

Hey TLG and SharePoint 2013 fans, Two new TLGs for SharePoint 2013 have been published and I am...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/15/2013

First Test Lab Guide eBook for the SharePoint 2013 Intranet and Team Sites stack

Hey mobile TLG fans, I recently published the Download Test Lab Guide: eBook for SharePoint Server...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/13/2013

Two new TLGs for System Center 2012 VMM published!

Hey TLG gals and guys, My long-time colleague Jan Keller, whom I worked with on Windows Server 2000,...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/09/2013

New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate profile synchronization for SharePoint Server 2013

My esteemed colleague K.C. Cross on the SharePoint writing team has just published Demonstrate...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 05/01/2013

Contributing to TLGs Part 8: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V test lab configuration article in the TechNet Wiki

Another way to contribute to Microsoft Test Lab Guides (TLGs) is to publish a Windows Server 2012...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/26/2013

The first batch of Test Lab Guide overview videos have arrived…

Hey TLG fans, It is with great pleasure (and a sigh of relief) to inform you that the first batch of...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/15/2013

New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate RemoteFX on Windows Server 2012

Hey TLG and Hyper-V fans, MVP Mikhail Komarov has published Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate RemoteFX on...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/12/2013

Three new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guidance articles

Hey TLG buddies, I have published three new articles that provide Hyper-V configuration guidance for...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/10/2013

New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Hyper-V Replica

Hey TLG and Hyper-V fans, Delivering on the potential of his recently published private cloud...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 04/08/2013

A new Branch Office TLG that uses the Apposite Technologies Linktropy WAN emulator

Hey TLG fans, I recently published the Test Lab Guide: Configure the Contoso Branch Office using an...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/27/2013

A new private cloud version of the Windows Server 2012 base configuration test lab!

Great news TLG fans, Mikhail Komarov, my colleague and virtual machine MVP, has just published Test...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/25/2013

New Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guidance articles and portal page

Hey TLG devotees, Well, I just couldn't help myself… I have published new articles that...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/18/2013

Guidance for creating test labs using Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012

Hey TLG fans, Test lab guides are deliberately designed to be independent of how you put them...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 03/08/2013

Configure the Contoso Branch Office TLG now available

Hey TLG fans, I just published the Test Lab Guide: Configure the Contoso Branch Office in the...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 02/19/2013

Spotlight on the Windows Server 2012 TLG stack

Hey TLG and Windows Server fans, Have you seen the Windows Server 2012 TLG stack lately? It's HUGE...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 02/12/2013

Installing Exchange Server 2013 TLG now available

Hey TLG and Exchange fans, Test Lab Guide: Install Exchange Server 2013 is a new modular Test Lab...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/24/2013

New TLG for System Center Service Manager 2012 SP1

Hey TLG devotees, Aly Ghoneim just published the Test Lab Guide: System Center Service Manager 2012...

Author: Joe Davies Date: 01/22/2013

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