FabriKam 3.1 Downloadable from MSDN Subscription Site

FabriKam on MSDN

"...However you can get the FabriKam DVD off of MSDN downloads now. It's under Tools, SDKs, and DDKs | Application Tools, SDKs, DDKs | FabriKam 3.1 and just under 2GB to download. Once downloaded you need to unzip the VPC image which will create your .vmc and .vhd files for running under VirtualPC or Virtual Server 2005. ..."


FabriKam: A Microsoft Office System Solutions Learning Platform
"... In this solutions learning platform, developers at a fictitious enterprise created solutions for common business processes. FabriKam, a furniture manufacturer with about 10,000 employees, faces business problems and challenges not unlike many of today's enterprises. Starting with a set of realistic infrastructure assumptions, FabriKam developers built six solutions and four reusable components that address FabriKam's needs in innovative ways, with extensive use of Web services, XML, integration of front-end applications and back-end systems, and full use of the Office environment with which most information workers are already familiar. The FabriKam 3.1 Solutions Learning Platform represents the essence of the efforts of FabriKam developers. ..."

Welcome to FabriKam, a Microsoft Office System Solutions Learning Platform
"... Microsoft is making available the FabriKam virtual machine image containing all FabriKam solutions and components as part of a fully-functional Microsoft® Virtual PC® 2004 environment. Developers can load this virtual PC, which runs Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, SQL Server™ 2000, BizTalk® Server 2004, Office 2003 Professional Edition, Microsoft Office SharePoint® Portal Server, Visual Studio® .NET 2003, and all of the custom solutions and components, and have an instant test environment for learning about these solutions and components. Microsoft is also providing extensive developer documentation about the solutions, the components, and the infrastructure so that developers can truly understand how to make these solutions their own. ..."

I missed this. Since I'm not one to pass on downloading VPC images, downloading it now... :)

It sounds pretty cool having a VPC with all that stuff already installed and ready for playing with.