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www.Realtor.org\Conference -----Original Message----- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lab Resources and other educational things Just confirming what I believe to be the case... Technet is a non-free resource, correct? If so, that's, unfortunately, something I, personally, can't afford at this time. If there's a way to get Technet for free, I'd certainly love to hear about it! From: Eldridge, Dave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 12:42 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Lab Resources and other educational things Good start. Technet. Gets you free "real" copies of every Microsoft software with no expiration. From: Steven Peck [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Lab Resources and other educational things Let's start a new thread. Lab Resources and test environments. Microsoft has some nice stuff at their virtual labs. This is all free. It's not in depth but can often provide a nice overview 'this is how it looks like' environment before doing something if you have no resources. You can do them several times. I generally download the pdf lab and do the lab once. http://www.microsoft.com/events/vlabs/default.mspx I have an older HP Media Center Pavilion system with 8GB ram at home. I run WIndows 2008r2 with HyperV on it with the base system being a DC. I can get 4 to 5 very slow guests up on it but frankly don't care about the speed. I have 3 320GB drives I run guests on. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv-faq.aspx NOTE: You can download time limited iso's from Microsoft. The downside is you have to rebuild your environment every 120 days. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx Get good at scripting setups for your environment and this is less painful then it could be. (user account creation/password, etc) Currently I blew up my test lab and it's getting rebuilt. If I need to expand my guests, I run Virtual Box on my own system which I game with. It's a few years old but can get 2-3 guests up if I don't task them much. http://www.virtualbox.org/ Your own domain name. They are cheap. It's useful to have something that is 'yours'. Nothing teaches you like getting something real to interact on the Internet. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin This e-mail contains the thoughts and opinions of the sender and does not represent official Parkview Medical Center policy. This communication is intended only for the recipient(s) named above, may be confidential and/or legally privileged: and, must be treated as such in accordance with state and federal laws. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use of this communication, or any of its contents, is prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please return to sender and delete the message from your computer system.{token} ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
