Hey TLG and automation fans, Continuing the drive toward better automation for setting up test labs based on Test Lab Guides (TLGs), I have added Windows PowerShell command blocks to the eight topics that describe how to create test lab environments in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V. Each command block is the set of Windows PowerShell commands…
Hydration Kit for base configuration test labs
Hey TLG and automation fans, Andrew Barnes, AKA Scriptimus Prime, has developed and published a hydration kit for building out the base configuration test labs for both Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7 and Windows Server 2012 with Windows 8. Check out the CodePlex page to download the kit and Andrew’s blog post that…
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 for Windows Server 2012, has published the Test Lab Guide: Base Configuration TLG for Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview, which uses computers running: Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Windows 8.1 Preview Here is the lab diagram: A great…
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 just published Configure an Integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint Test Lab, a new Test Lab Guide (TLG) for Exchange Server 2013, Lync Server 2013, and SharePoint Server 2013. Here is the stack (click on it to see a larger…
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 Highly Available SharePoint Server 2013 Search Topology, a new Test Lab Guide (TLG) for SharePoint Server 2013. This TLG steps you through the configuration of a scaled-out SharePoint Server 2013 3-tier farm, which includes multiple application-tier servers for a…
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 showing the SharePoint Server 2013 TLG stack. Although I originally published this as a Microsoft PowerPoint file in a previous blog post, with a little extra work and support from others I have more formally published…
Announcing the TLG Content Creation Kit
Hey TLG fans, On the heels of consolidating the TLG content guidance and templates into the TechNet Wiki via the Wiki: Creating and Publishing Test Lab Guide Content portal page and associated articles, I have also consolidated the additional resources (Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint files) into a single location. The new Test Lab Guide…
An open invitation to Microsoft partners
Hey Microsoft partners who are also TLG fans, Test Lab Guides (TLGs) are open to anyone to contribute. If you are a Microsoft partner, official or otherwise, and want to create published content that highlights your product or solution in a standardized test lab environment, consider creating and publishing your own TLG or TLG stack….
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 TechNet Wiki. These new articles are designed to be a self-contained learning experience for a specific technical topic. Fast Learner Modules include a video (with transcript) and review questions (with answers). An additional key element is a…
Two new Hyper-V configuration overview videos
Hey TLG video fans, I recently published two Hyper-V configuration overview videos. For the Hosting the Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration test lab topic: [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4T1L_HnrQI] For the Hosting the SharePoint Server 2013 three-tier farm test lab topic: [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm7CAo3ZmTo] These new videos show you the logical configuration (the set of computers, subnets, and their connections) and…