Running Virtual Server on a Laptop
May 22nd, 2006Over the past year I have been using Microsoft Virtual Server (now free to the public) to host various server and development environments. I was cautious about it when I first started using it. Now that I have become much more familiar with it I am interested in using it everywhere. In fact, my new Dell has Virtual Server R2 running with 3 separate virtual hosts for development.
Today I am documenting it a bit at work to help some of my co-workers with getting started with it. I found a Virtual Server article named Using Microsoft Loopback Adapter. It covers the more difficult areas which I had to muddle through with a little help from suggestions from Dan Bartels and optionsScalper.
By following these instructions you should be able to get up and running quickly. And I would be happy to answer any questions. Just drop me a line.
July 27th, 2006 at 4:35 pm
[...] Previously I had to set up CruiseControl.NET to build some code for Crystal Reports. I was lucky and found a useful installer in the Visual Studio folder. This time I had to run the Sharepoint install on Windows Server 2003 so that I could get to the Microsoft.Sharepoint.dll assembly. Fortunately I am running Virtual Server on may laptop and have a Windows Server 2003 instance available. [...]
July 31st, 2006 at 3:33 pm
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November 8th, 2006 at 12:29 pm
[...] Last night I installed the .NET 3.0 runtime. It took less than 10 minutes to finish. I also did it inside one of my virtual machines so there it will automatically be a little slower than usual, but the hard drive has the 16mb cache which makes all the difference. Today at work it has taken over 20 minutes so far. It has a pathetic 2mb cache. [...]
June 20th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
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