Howtogeek posted a guide about installing Windows Home Server Beta Vail on VMware Workstation

If you're a Windows Home Server enthusiast you probably want to test out the new version code named Vail. You might not have an extra box to test it on, so here we take a look at installing it on VMware Workstation.

Getting Started
You'll need the following items to get started.

VMware Workstation with a valid license or you can use it free for a 30 day trial period
WHS Vail Beta ISO
Computer Capable of Hardware Virtualization
Enough Hard Drive space on the Host computer to create a 160GB virtual hard drive which is the minimum system requirements
At least 2GB of RAM or more on the Host computer ? The minimum amount of RAM to allocate for Vail is 1GB

  How To Install Windows Home Server Beta Vail on VMware Workstation