Great news TLG fans, Mikhail Komarov, my colleague and virtual machine MVP, has just published Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration for Private Cloud in the TechNet Gallery. This new variant of the Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration TLG shows you how to create the Corpnet subnet as a set of virtual machines…
Tag: Windows Server 2012
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 provide Hyper-V configuration guidance for the following test lab environments: SharePoint Server 2013 three-tier farm Branch office Corpnet subnet for public cloud These new articles provide diagrams, steps, and links to detailed procedures so that you can more easily build…
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 together. For example, you can use physical components (computers and switches/hubs), virtual components (virtual machines and virtual networks/switches), or a combination. For virtual components, you can use the virtualization technology of your choice. With the rise in adoption…
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 and filled with content that lets you build out and demonstrate tons of great new Windows Server 2012 features. Right now, there are 30 modular TLGs (including the Windows Server 2012 base configuration TLG) and 4 TLG…
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 SP1 in the TechNet Gallery. This new TLG tells you how to set up System Center Service Manager 2012 SP1, starting with the Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration and ending with a demonstration of creating and resolving a service…
Two additional TLGs for Windows Server 2012
Hey TLG nuts, There are two additional Test Lab Guides (TLGs) for Windows Server 2012 that I recently found out about and wanted to share. Here they are: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess with Network Access Protection This is part of the Remote Access in Windows Server 2012 TLG stack. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Volume Activation Services …
New TLG mini-module for Cross-Forest Certificate Enrollment published
Hey TLG and AD CS fans, My long-time colleague Kurt Hudson has just published the Test Lab Guide Mini-Module: Cross-Forest Certificate Enrollment using Certificate Enrollment Web Services. This detailed article describes how to obtain certificates in one AD DS domain (corp.contoso.com) for use in a different and untrusted AD DS domain (litwareinc.com). This article also describes how…
Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration TLG updated based on your feedback
Tom Shinder and I recently heard from two people about a typo in a Windows PowerShell command line that assigned an incorrect IP address in the Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration TLG. Thanks to them, I am happy to report that we have updated the TLG in the Microsoft Download Center to correct the errant…
Spotlight on the new Remote Access in Windows Server 2012 TLG stack
My colleagues on the Windows Server writing team have published a set of six Test Lab Guides (TLGs) to build out and demonstrate the key functionality of Remote Access in Windows Server 2012, which includes DirectAccess and traditional virtual private network (VPN) connections with Routing and Remote Access. Here they are: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate DirectAccess Single…
Updated Base Configuration TLG for Windows Server 2012 published
The Test Lab Guide: Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration is published. This base configuration TLG contains updates for the released version of Windows Server 2012. Please use this new version (updated from Windows Server “8” Beta) to build out your base configuration test lab for the TLGs in the Windows Server 2012 TLG stack. Kudos…