Introduction

I was unable to to do anything for my blogs from last few months because of the load of work first and then the certifications challenge that I took.  But I am putting some screenshots here that I have taken using Office InfoPath my preparation of a Windows Server 2008 VPC.  I will be using the following technologies for this VPC

Windows Server 2008 RC1 – Evaluation Version 🙂

SQL Server 2008 Enterprise

Office SharePoint Server 2007 with SP1 (Splitstream)

This will be a series of posts and will mostly contains screenshots.  Let the image talking 🙂

1. Installing Windows Server 2008 with IIS 7.0

1. Load the ISO file form Microsoft Virtual PC.	2. Click Install Now
3.  If you have the key enter it otherwise leave it empty	4. Click Yes on Key confirmation
5. Select the version for evaluation I selected the Enterprise with Full Installation	6. Accept the License agreement and click Next
7. Click Custom as there is no other option on new installation 🙂	8. Select your drive and click Next
9. Wait for the installation to be finished
10. Click OK to Enter your user name and password	11. Enter your desired user name and password for creating the VPC user account
A Look at the Server Manager
Installing IIS 7
1. From Roles Section Click Add Role	2. Click Next
3. Select Application Server	4. Wizard will ask you for an additional component. Click Required Feature
5. Then Select Web IIS	6. Another Wizard will start Click Next
7. Select the required options as required.  I selected all for this	8. Select the 2nd options for SSL Certification (Configure Later)
9. Select the desired Server Roles for your Web Server	10. Review your installations and click Install