The Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate NAP for Remote Access VPN (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/test-lab-guide-demonstrate-nap-for-remote-access-vpn.aspx) is now available. This community-authored and published Test Lab Guide (TLG) from TechNet Wiki community member Fred Smithers uses the Base Configuration TLG and the Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Remote Access VPNs to create a working test lab that demonstrates Network Access Protection (NAP) enforcement for remote access…
Year: 2011
Base Configuration Test Lab Guide updated
Hey there TLG fans, I just updated the TechNet Library and Microsoft Download Center versions of the Test Lab Guide: Base Configuration for the following: Added links to the evaluation versions of Windows 7 Professional and Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, based on Microsoft MVP feedback and other customer feedback obtained by fellow TLG author Kurt Hudson (Thanks,…
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Remote Access VPNs, our first community-authored modular TLG!
The Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Remote Access VPNs (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/test-lab-guide-demonstrate-remote-access-vpns.aspx) is now available. This is a community-authored and published Test Lab Guide (TLG) from TechNet Wiki community member Fred Smithers. It uses the Base Configuration TLG and the Routing and Remote Access service in Windows Server 2008 R2 on EDGE1 to create a working test lab for…
Test Lab Guide: System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1
The Test Lab Guide: System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=210620) is now available. This new modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) from Senior Technical Writer John Downing uses the Base Configuration Test Lab Guide, the SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Test Lab Guide, and System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1 to create a working test lab for System Center…
New Test Lab Guide FAQ published
Hey TLG fans, Tom and I have been working on a TLG FAQ (http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/test-lab-guides-faq.aspx) and I just published it in the TechNet Wiki. We did this to address some common questions that we get from customers and users of TLGs. It has answers to questions on whether TLGs are designed for deployment and security best practices, virtual…
Contributing to TLGs Part 2: Writing a test lab extension
A second way that you can contribute to Microsoft Test Lab Guides (TLGs) is to publish a test lab extension article in the TechNet Wiki. A test lab extension describes how to configure additional functionality or advanced or uncommon configurations based on a modular TLG. The TLG extension article includes instructions to do the following:…
Test Lab Guide: Deploy Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to Protect Network Communication to a Domain Controller
The Test Lab Guide: Deploy Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to Protect Network Communication to a Domain Controller (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=70d03db3-f4c3-45fd-866c-ce504190f4f3) is now available. This new modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) from Senior Technical Writer Vic Horne contains an introduction to Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS) and step-by-step instructions for extending the Base Configuration test lab. You configure WFAS connection…
25 Test Lab Guides and counting…
It just occurred to me that there are now 25 Test Lab Guides (TLGs)! The Base Configuration TLG 20 modular TLGs 4 troubleshooting TLGs Not too bad for our first year of effort. Here’s looking forward to doubling this in 2011. For links to all the TLGs, see the Test Lab Guides topic in the TechNet Wiki….
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate IPv6
The Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate IPv6 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=9db5abdf-80e0-4c3e-9204-69c6c65e2195) is now available. This new modular TLG demonstrates the following: The default IPv6 behavior of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on a multi-subnet IPv4-only intranet The use of the Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol (ISATAP) on an IPv4-only intranet The use of native IPv6 addressing and routing on…
Contributing to TLGs Part 1: Writing your own modular TLG
One of the cool things about Test Lab Guides (TLGs) is that they are not a closed platform, exclusive to Microsoft writers. With the TechNet Wiki, anyone can create and publish his or her own TLG content. In this multi-part blog series, I will describe how you can easily contribute your own TLG content. Part 1:…