How to Build a Lab with Virtual PC 2007

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Posted By:	Brian S. Tucker	Views:	5,236
Date Added:	01-23-2007

Having a problem making a lab work in Virtual PC 2007 (or 2004)? The blogcast shows the following:

How to create an image which is almost exactly the same as building a real server or workstation.
How to add that image to VPC 2007.
How to make a Windows 2003 Server into a Domain Controller.
Configure Active Directory Sites & Services, DNS and IP informaition.
Network them together in VPC 2007.
Images include WIndows 2003 DC, Member server and Vista workstation in a full lab environment on a laptop computer all with Internet access.

Once you have your base lab installed and running, you can test just about any applicaiton!

Note: If you want to learn simply how to build your first Active Directory domain, the process in this video is the same as a live environment! It's the exact same process, but in VPC 2007.

Download Virtual PC 2007 here! You will need to provide your Windows Live ID to get the download for now. It's free! Yes

You can learn more about Virtual PC 2007 from the Virtual PC Guy's WebLog.

This Blogcast was mady by request by: Luciano Guimaraes. You can request your own video in the request forum!

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Filed under: Windows Server, Virtual PC 2007, Networking, DNS, Vista

Comments

	Peter C Li said: Great show! I am a technology teacher, I need to learn what you did. What tools do you use? if you can shed the light. Thanks Peter C. Li pli@schools.nyc.gov 02-21-2007 3:27 PM
	Brian S. Tucker said: Camtasia Studio.. click any of the links on the site. Happy you like it! 02-21-2007 3:31 PM
	Remi N'guessan said: Great cast,very helpful and the way to go...... 09-08-2007 1:08 PM
	JT said: how can i download this so i have it on my pc ?/ 09-23-2007 2:28 PM
	Brian S. Tucker said: JT - I don't have the lab anymore. I don't make them available to the public. I install Virtual PC 2007 and use a CD to build the environment. I build each workstation and server to match my goals. You can get an example of what I'm working on now at this link. It's 70 GB and I just can't upload that and have someone download it.... ya know? It's taken days for me to build this lab and make it fully functional. Now, If you are in St. Louis, Missouri or southern Illinois, I will hook up with you so you have it. http://www.blogcastrepository.com/photos/chicago_2005/images/22672/original.aspx 09-23-2007 5:45 PM
	Rob said: Fantastic. Thank You for your time and effort on this 10-18-2007 10:24 AM
	Wilson said: Excellent blogcast. I've been trying to get info for creating a virtual lab with servers and workstations for about 2 days. This blogcast answered all my questions and now I'm ready to start my own vlab. thanks. 11-29-2007 3:40 PM
	Alan Barton said: Many thanks. A great blogcast that has helped me greatly. 12-15-2007 11:26 AM
	Shivi said: Great presentation & very informative. I struggled a lot to set-up LAN in VPC. This really worked & thanks a lot for the important blog. 12-26-2007 12:31 PM
	suicideking said: Awesome, Brian. Thank you 01-11-2008 12:50 AM
	Linda said: I cannot believe it was so easy after watching the blogcast...I was searching for information and getting nowhere for weeks. Thanks so much. 01-17-2008 3:21 AM
	Reed Porter said: I got it! Works pretty good with Server 2008 RTM, too. 02-13-2008 12:54 AM
	P Hammond said: A very well presented tutorial. Exactly what I was after to be able to demo/teach setting up AD. 02-27-2008 12:54 AM
	Maggie said: It would help us newbies if you explained which adapter(s) to select under the settings of the specific virtual machine. There are several choices but only two seem reasonable: Shared networking (NAT) or your actual network card in the host machine. When I select NAT I can hit the internet but that was before I made my first machine a DC. :-( 04-06-2008 8:20 AM

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