/Software/ Startups. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Derek Johnson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Bizspark. Free Technet and MSDN for small business startups. > > Derek A Johnson > Sr. Systems Administrator > > National Association of Realtors > 430 N. Michigan Ave. > Chicago, IL 60611 > > Email: [email protected] > > Cell: 262.496.9201 > Desk: 312.329.8618 > > SEIZE THE DAY - It's Your Time to Shine! > > > 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. 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