Hey TLGers, Just a quick note to commemorate the new milestone for Test Lab Guides (TLGs): There are now over 200 separate pieces of TLG content! Unlike the previous milestone of over 100 TLGs (which only counted modular TLGs, test lab extensions, TLG mini-modules, troubleshooting TLGs, and troubleshooting scenarios), this new milestone also counts the…
New creating and publishing TLG content topics
Hey aspiring TLG content creators, In an attempt to standardize and provide more detailed end-to-end instructions for creating Test Lab Guide (TLG) content, I have created the following new topics in the TechNet Wiki: Wiki: Creating and publishing a modular Test Lab Guide Wiki: Creating and publishing a test lab extension Wiki: Creating and publishing…
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 Windows Server 2012, publishing three new Test Lab Guides (TLGs) in the TechNet Gallery: Create a Cluster Shared Volume using Starwind Software Configure Cluster Aware Update Monitoring Virtual Machines in a Cluster Shared Volume These new TLGs…
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 excited about each of them for different reasons. The first new TLG is Configure eDiscovery for SharePoint 2013, written by my colleague Hal Zucati. This TLG configures a SharePoint three-tier farm and an Exchange Server 2013 email…
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 2013 Intranet and Team Sites, the first Test Lab Guide (TLG) content in eBook form (click Download to get the eBook in EPUB, MOBI, PDF, and DOC formats). This eBook is a customized document that contains the end-to-end configuration…
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, has just published two new TLGs on System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Virtual Machine Manager (VMM): Test Lab Guide: Deploy Virtual Machine Manager in System Center 2012 SP1 This guide explains how to set up…
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 profile synchronization, a new Test Lab Guide (TLG) for SharePoint Server 2013. This new TLG steps you through the configuration and demonstration of profile synchronization using the SharePoint Server synchronization tool. This tool synchronizes user profiles between SharePoint Server 2013 and…
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 Hyper-V test lab configuration article in the TechNet Wiki. A Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V test lab configuration article provides general guidance for setting up a specific test lab configuration on a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V server. Here are…
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 Test Lab Guide (TLG) overview videos are now available: Base Configuration [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=YlPpNzS5hwE] Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=J80Yk4tBHto] Configure SharePoint Server 2013 in a Three-Tier Farm Demonstrate forms-based claims authentication for SharePoint Server 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 Windows Server 2012 in the TechNet Gallery. This new TLG also uses his recently published private cloud version of the Windows Server 2012 base configuration test lab to demonstrate Remote-FX on Windows Server 2012 using the Hyper-V host HV1. Here are the…