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Microsoft Test Lab Guides
New "Test Lab Guides in Development" section added to the main Test Lab Guides Wiki topic
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over 2 years ago
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Joe Davies
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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...
Microsoft Test Lab Guides
Over 100 Test Lab Guides and counting!
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8 months ago
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Joe Davies
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Hey TLG fans, I am both surprised and pleased to announce that there are now over 100 Test Lab Guides (TLGs) published with more on the way! Take a look at the numbers: 98 modular TLGs (with 7 from the community and 1 from a partner) 7 TLG...
Microsoft Test Lab Guides
Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating a File-based Extensible Connectivity 2.0 Management Agent
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over 1 year ago
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Joe Davies
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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...
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The first partner-authored TLG is published!
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9 months ago
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Joe Davies
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Hey TLG fans! I am proud to announce that my colleague Helen Johnson, a Solution Engineer at F5 Networks , has published the first partner-authored Test Lab Guide (TLG) titled Demonstrate the F5 Networks BIG-IP Load Balancer for SharePoint Server 2010...
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Introducing Test Lab Guide Mini-Modules
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over 2 years ago
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Joe Davies
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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...
Microsoft Test Lab Guides
System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Test Lab Guide published!
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9 months ago
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Joe Davies
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Microsoft Support Escalation Engineer Kevin McKinnerney has published the Test Lab Guide: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager . This new TLG uses the Base Configuration and SQL Server 2008 R2 TLGs to create a System Center 2012 Configuration Manager...
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Test Lab Guide: Forefront Identity Manager 2010
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over 3 years ago
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Joe Davies
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The Test Lab Guide: Forefront Identity Manager 2010 ( http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=205228 ) is now available. This modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) contains an introduction to Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 and step-by-step instructions for...
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TLGs: Get your stack on!
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over 2 years ago
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Joe Davies
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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...
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Test Lab Guide Virtualization Notes
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over 3 years ago
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Thomas W Shinder - MSFT
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If you’re not aware of Test Lab Guides, they’re part of a new initiative we have at Microsoft that is intended to make life easier for you when it comes to adopting new products and technologies. We realize that when you consider bringing in a new product...
Microsoft Test Lab Guides
Spotlight on the new Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 TLG stack
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9 months ago
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Joe Davies
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My esteemed colleagues Thomas Willingham and Brian Lich on the Windows Server writing team have published a set of eight Test Lab Guides (TLGs) to build out and demonstrate the key functionality of Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 . Here...
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New TLG stack for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 now available
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11 months ago
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Joe Davies
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Prolific TLG uber-writer Bill Mathers just published the following twelve TLGs for Forefront Identity Manager 2012 R2: Test Lab Guide: Installing Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 To demonstrate installing FIM 2010 R2 with the new Reporting and Self...
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Introducing the SharePoint Server 2013 Business Intelligence TLG stack!
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4 months ago
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Joe Davies
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Hey TLG and SharePoint fans, My esteemed colleagues Mike Plumley and Joanne Hendrickson on the SharePoint writing team have just published the SharePoint Server 2013 Business Intelligence TLG stack , a collection of 11 new TLGs that build out and demonstrate...
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Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate FIM CM 2010
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over 3 years ago
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Joe Davies
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The Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate FIM CM 2010 is now available. Microsoft® Forefront Identity Manager Certificate Management (FIM CM) is an identity-assurance management system that provides a robust certificate lifecycle management capability to address...
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FIM 2010 and FIM 2010 CM Test Lab portal page published!
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over 2 years ago
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Joe Davies
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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...
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Guidance for creating test labs using Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012
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2 months ago
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Joe Davies
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Hey TLG fans, Test lab guides are deliberately designed to be independent of how you put them together. For example, you can use physical components (computers and switches/hubs), virtual components (virtual machines and virtual networks/switches)...
Microsoft Test Lab Guides
Base Configuration Test Lab Guide updated
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over 2 years ago
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Joe Davies
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Hey there TLG fans, I just updated the TechNet Library and Microsoft Download Center versions of the Test Lab Guide: Base Configuration for the following: Added links to the evaluation versions of Windows 7 Professional and Windows Server 2008...
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Guest post: Creating a portable demonstration environment to showcase Gemalto's OTP Windows logon with DirectAccess on a Windows 8 tablet
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11 months ago
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Joe Davies
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Today's guest blog post comes from Matthias Büchner and Michael Hutchinson, Pre-Sales and Software Engineers at Gemalto , a leader in digital security. Microsoft has a long history with Gemalto as they have been using Gemalto smart cards as a corporate...
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Test Lab Guide: System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1
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over 2 years ago
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Joe Davies
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The Test Lab Guide: System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1 ( http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=210620 ) is now available. This new modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) from Senior Technical Writer John Downing uses the Base Configuration Test Lab Guide...
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Test Lab Guide: Exchange Server 2010 with SP1
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over 3 years ago
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Joe Davies
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The Test Lab Guide: Exchange Server 2010 with SP1 ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=cfc05588-f52b-461b-9573-b903c4b9ab1e ) is now available. This modular Test Lab Guide (TLG) contains an introduction to Exchange Server 2010...
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New icon set for the latest SharePoint 2013 TLGs is now available
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5 months ago
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Joe Davies
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The latest refresh of the TLGs for SharePoint 2013 contain a new version of lab configuration figures that replace: with: This look and style uses a new set of standard icons that are now appearing in Microsoft Office and Exchange Server content...
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TMG Core Test Lab published by MVP Deb Shinder!
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over 2 years ago
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Joe Davies
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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...
Microsoft Test Lab Guides
Single-server SharePoint Server 2010 TLG published
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over 1 year ago
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Joe Davies
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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...
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The official Test Lab Guides logo has arrived
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6 months ago
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Joe Davies
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Hey TLG community, I have been working with a real artist and the TLG writers here at Microsoft and we have come up with an official logo and slogan. Cool, right? The logo design is based on input from two different sources, which both seemed...
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Contributing to TLGs Part 1: Writing your own modular TLG
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over 2 years ago
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Joe Davies
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One of the cool things about Test Lab Guides (TLGs) is that they are not a closed platform, exclusive to Microsoft writers. With the TechNet Wiki, anyone can create and publish his or her own TLG content. In this multi-part blog series, I will describe...
Microsoft Test Lab Guides
The Microsoft Test Lab Guides blog is now on the grid...
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over 3 years ago
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Joe Davies
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Because the Microsoft Test Lab Guides initiative is now gathering steam across various IT Pro writing teams here at Microsoft, it makes sense to consolidate the ongoing announcements in a single place, this blog. Myself and co-conspirator Tom Shinder...
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