The SharePoint 2010 Beta VM Download Page
When I go here I get to the Overview and it’s missing suitable line breaks. Maybe it was written in the SharePoint 2007 rich text editor.
So I’m going to reformat it for you here:
This download contains a two Virtual Machine set for evaluating and demonstrating Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010.
Virtual machine “a” contains the following pre-configured software:
1. Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard Edition x64, running as an Active Directory Domain Controller for the “CONTOSO.COM” domain with DNS and WINS
2. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 + CU2 Enterprise Edition with Analysis, Notification, and Reporting Services
3. Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2
4. Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 Ultimate Edition
5. Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition Beta 2
6. Microsoft Office Web Applications Beta 2
7. FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Beta 2 <
8. Microsoft Project Server 2010 Beta 2
9. Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2
10. Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2
Virtual machine “b” contains the following pre-configured software:
1. Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation Edition x64, joined to the “CONTOSO.COM” domain
2. Microsoft Exchange Server 2010
Active directory has been preconfigured over 200 “demo” users with metadata in an organizational structure. All of these user profiles have been imported and indexed for search within SharePoint Server 2010, with “contoso\administrator” granted administrator permissions.
SharePoint Server 2010 has been configured in a “Complete” farm using Kerberos authentication and the default SQL Server 2008 instance for data, and has a site collection created using the Team Site template at http://intranet.contoso.com/ and a FAST Search Center at http://intranet.contoso.com/search/.
Performance Considerations
1. If possible, unpack and run the VM image on a separate, fast hard drive (7200 RPM or better) from the operating system of the host machine.
2. If this is being done on a laptop, a second internal drive or external eSATA drive works best, though USB 2.0 (make sure it’s 2.0, 1.1 is too slow) or Firewire is acceptable.
3. For absolute best performance use a second internal SSD drive.
Passwords for all users in the CONTOSO AD are “pass@word1” (remove quotes) (including the Administrator account).
Then the instructions:
a. Start Hyper-V Manager from Control Panel -> Administrative Tools
b. Confirm that the local host machine appears in the Hyper-V Manager list and select it if not already done
c. Under Actions, click Virtual Network Manager…
d. Confirm that you have created an Internal virtual network named “Internal”. Internal networks limit connectivity to only VMs and the host. If a suitable not, create one now using the following steps:
i. Click on Virtual Network Manager in the Actions pane
ii. Choose New virtual network in the Virtual Networks pane
iii. Choose Internal from the type list and click Add
iv. Enter a name of Internal and click OK
v. Start menu -> right-click Network -> Properties
vi. Click Change adapter settings
vii. Find the adapter with a description of Internal, right-click and choose Properties
viii. Double-click on Internet Protocol Version 4 and enter the following values:
1. IP address: 192.168.150.6
2. Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
3. Default gateway: (leave blank)
4. Preferred DNS server: 192.168.150.1
ix. Click OK
e. Close the Virtual Network Manager dialog.
a. Under Actions, click Import Virtual Machine…
b. Use the Browse button to select the folder where the virtual machine package was extracted. Do not check
c. Click Import and wait for the Import to complete – the import status will appear in the Operations column
d. Select the newly imported virtual machine and click Settings in the right pane of the Hyper-V Manager
e. Confirm (and correct if necessary) that the Network Adapter is connected to the Internal network from step 1d.
f. Close the virtual machine Settings dialog.
Now the “4a” machine amounts to an .exe file and 14 .rar files all but one of which is 700 Mb. So if you’re going to dowload them, give yourself some time.
You’re welcome.
-robot
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