Folks, I installed Windows Serevr 2012 Standard into a Hyper-V VM and it seems to run nicely. I haven't pushed it hard, but IIS is running and all the defaults for networking seem acceptable and it's on my domain.
I stuck in the SQL Server 2012 SP1 disc just to try it out but it says "The app can't run on your PC". Searches hint that the combination is valid, but not for me. Am I missing something? Greg
