Virtual image to test drive testing via image virtualization - “VHD Test Drive - Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 RC”

Microsoft Downloads - VHD Test Drive - Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 RC

“This download comes as a pre-configured VHD. This download enables you to evaluate Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 RC VHD.

Version:	1.0
Date Published:	2/15/2010
Language:	English
Download Size:	76 KB - 9610.5 MB*

Download this fully configured virtual machine of the latest release of Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 RC. Evaluate the new capabilities of Visual Studio Lab Management 2010 which enables teams to accelerate setup/tear down and restoration of complex virtual environments to a known state for test execution and build automation. It extends build automation by automating virtual machine provisioning, build deployment and build verification in an integrated manner. It also allows testers to file rich bugs with links to environment checkpoints that developers can use to recreate complex environments, effectively reducing wasted time and resources in your development and test lifecycle. The detailed walkthrough steps can be found here.

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Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 Hyper-V Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V is required to use this virtual machine In addition to the system requirements for Windows Server 2008 as described in the release notes, a 64-bit system with hardware-assisted virtualization enabled and data execution prevention (DEP) is required. It is also recommended to ensure that you have a clean install of x64 edition of Windows Server 2008 to be able to use the Hyper-V technology. Prerequisites, installation steps, OS recommendations, and known issues of Hyper-V can be found here.

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This is a 180 day trial of a complete, soup to nuts, VS2010 RC Lab Manager setup. Make sure you read the readme…

Here are the direct download URL’s (to cut & paste into your download manager of choice)

http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\README.htm
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part01.exe
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part02.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part03.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part04.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part05.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part06.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part07.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part08.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part09.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part10.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part11.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part12.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part13.rar
http:\\download.microsoft.com\download\4\3\8\438B2F26-0575-479C-A94B-B03C1E4E32A1\VS+Lab+Management+2010+RC.part14.rar

 

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