The original design of the Base Configuration test lab was for two subnets (Corpnet and Internet) that were isolated from a production environment. These isolated subnets were an ideal environment in which you had ultimate control to demonstrate and experiment...

Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating a File-based Extensible Connectivity 2.0 Management Agent (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh859477(WS.10).aspx) is now available and is the first Test Lab Guide (TLG) to my knowledge published on the Microsoft Developer...

The Test Lab Guide: Install SQL Server 2012 Enterprise is a new building block TLG that steps you through the default installation of SQL Server 2012 Enterprise on APP1 or another domain member server in the Base Configuration test lab. This TLG is...

The Test Lab Guide: Configure SharePoint Server 2010 in a Three-Tier Farm describes how to install and configure SharePoint Server 2010 in a 3-tier farm configuration (Web front end/application server/database server), starting with the computers in the...

The Test Lab Guide: Configure SharePoint Server 2010 as a Single Server with Microsoft SQL Server describes how to install and configure SharePoint Server 2010 on a single server with Microsoft SLQ Server 2008 R2 using the computers in the Base Configuration...

As I described in this blog post ( TLGs: The gathering storm... ), I am happy to announce the publication of the first wave of Test Lab Guides (TLGs) for Windows Server "8" Beta ! This new wave of TLG content includes the following: A new Base...

Hey TLG fans, I just updated the Demonstrate IPv6 TLG , its associated extensions ( DHCPv6 , IPv6-only ), and the IPv6-only mini-module to use the 2001:db8::/64 prefix for the Corpnet subnet, rather than 2001:db8:0:1::/64. This change was made so...

Just a quick note to remind test lab guide (TLG) fans out there that although it has been fairly quiet on the new content front lately, there are projects in the works here at Microsoft to produce new waves of TLG content in the future. While I cannot...

I just published the Demonstrating DNS Zone Transfers over IPv6 extension for the IPv6 Test Lab in the TechNet Wiki. With this extension, you configure DC1, the DNS server for the corp.contoso.com domain, to allow zone transfers to the IPv6 address...

The Test Lab Guide (TLG) initiative defines a modular TLG, which is designed to take you through the installation and configuration of a technology or component, demonstrate its functionality, and leave you with a working test lab environment for further...

Although Test Lab Guides (TLGs) are a valuable tool for quickly getting some configuration and demonstration hands-on experience when performing an evaluation of a product or technology, they can be used for much more. For example, for DirectAccess in...

Learning Roadmaps are a new content type that step new-to-technology or experienced IT Pros through the set of published text or multimedia resources to build prerequisite, introductory (Level 100), intermediate (Level 200), advanced (Level 300), and...

Another way to contribute content to the Test Lab Guide (TLG) initiative is to create or contribute to an Experiences in the Test Lab topic in the TechNet Wiki. These topics allow you to share the following with other IT pros who are configuring the same...

The modular nature of Test Lab Guides (TLGs) allows you to create TLG stacks that build additional functionality into a test lab configuration. In a virtualized test environment, these test lab configurations can be saved as snapshots and restored at...

A fourth way that you can contribute to Microsoft Test Lab Guides (TLGs) is to publish a test lab troubleshooting scenario in the TechNet Wiki. A test lab troubleshooting scenario demonstrates the results of a misconfiguration or other type of common...

TLG super-author Bill Mathers is at it again. He created so many TLGs for Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 and Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management (FIM CM) that he just published a FIM 2010 and FIM 2010 CM Test Lab portal page...

Bill Mathers—the diabolical mind that brought you the Exchange , SQL Server , and Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 TLGs—has just published the following: Test Lab Guide: Installing Forefront Identity Manager 2010 Certificate Management...

Windows Server: The Power of Integration in TechNet Magazine describes how you can use multiple features and technologies of the Windows client and server platforms to create new value in the form of a solution that addresses an IT capability or business...

In the second of two high-quality test lab guides (TLGs), Microsoft MVP Deb Shinder has published the TMG Core Test Lab . In Deb's own words: In this TMG Core Test Lab Guide module, we'll install a single TMG Enterprise Edition firewall and then...

The Test Lab Guide: Install Configuration Manager 2007 is now available. This community-authored modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) from prolific contributor Fred Smithers describes how to install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 on APP1, using the...

In the first of what we hope to be several high-quality test lab guides (TLGs) from the community, Microsoft MVP Deb Shinder has published Community Test Lab Guide - Demonstrate Windows Server 2008 R2 VPN Reconnect . In Deb's own words: This community...

I just published the Demonstrating an IPv6-only Environment extension for the IPv6 Test Lab in the TechNet Wiki. With this extension, you reconfigure DC1, the native IPv6 router for the Corpnet and Corpnet2 subnets, to stop advertising address prefixes...

A third way that you can contribute to Microsoft Test Lab Guides (TLGs) is to publish a troubleshooting TLG in the TechNet Wiki. A troubleshooting TLG contains the following sections: The troubleshooting tools for the technology or feature and how...

I just published the Demonstrating DHCPv6 extension for the IPv6 Test Lab in the TechNet Wiki. This extension reconfigures DC1, the native IPv6 router for the Corpnet and Corpnet2 subnets, to stop advertising address prefixes and act as a DHCPv6 server...

With multiple people working on Test Lab Guides or extensions, Tom Shinder added a " Test Lab Guides in Development " section to the main Test Lab Guides Wiki topic . If you are developing Test Lab Guide content, please check here first to make sure...