Microsoft has released a two Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Virtual Machine set for evaluating and demonstrating Office 2010, SharePoint 2010 and Project Server 2010

Virtual machine “a” contains the following pre-configured software:

Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation Edition x64, running as an Active Directory Domain Controller for the “CONTOSO.COM” domain with DNS and WINS
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition with Analysis, Notification, and Reporting Services
Microsoft Office Communication Server 2007 R2
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Office Web Applications
Microsoft FAST Search for SharePoint 2010
Microsoft Project Server 2010
Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010
Microsoft Visio 2010
Microsoft Project 2010
Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2

Virtual machine “b” contains the following pre-configured software:
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Evaluation Edition x64, joined to the “CONTOSO.COM” domain
Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008 R2

Additionally you will need:
Windows Server 2008 R2 with the Hyper-V role enabled.
Drive Formatting: NTFS
Processor: Intel VT or AMD-V capable
RAM: 8 GB or more recommended
Hard disk space required for install: 50 GB

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