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…
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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…
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…
Troubleshooting Test Lab Guides—What Do You Think?
Test Lab Guides provide a method for you to try out a new product or technology and see how it works in your own test lab. When you use Test Lab Guides you see all the working parts, all the front-end and back-end components, and most importantly, see how that all work together to create…
Test Lab Guide: Forefront Identity Manager 2010
The Test Lab Guide: Forefront Identity Manager 2010 (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=205228) is now available. This modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) contains an introduction to Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 and step-by-step instructions for extending the Base Configuration test lab to include FIM 2010. A huge thanks to Technical Writer Bill Mathers on the Active Directory Domain Services (AD…
Test Lab Guide Virtualization Notes
If you’re not aware of Test Lab Guides, they’re part of a new initiative we have at Microsoft that is intended to make life easier for you when it comes to adopting new products and technologies. We realize that when you consider bringing in a new product and technology, you have to consider how long…
Test Lab Guide: Exchange Server 2010 with SP1
The Test Lab Guide: Exchange Server 2010 with SP1 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cfc05588-f52b-461b-9573-b903c4b9ab1e) is now available. This modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) contains an introduction to Exchange Server 2010 with SP1 and step-by-step instructions for extending the Base Configuration test lab to include a Exchange Server 2010 with SP1 server. You can now build out multi-product scenarios that…
Test Lab Guide: Fabrikam Base Configuration
The Test Lab Guide: Fabrikam Base Configuration test lab guide (TLG) extends the Base Configuration test lab by adding a second organization, the Fabrikam Corporation, to the test lab environment. With this new TLG, you can create modular TLGs or TLG stacks that demonstrate cross-organization IT capabilities. With the combination of the Test Lab Guide: Base Configuration and the Test Lab Guide:…