Virtual network

hargi · 2 Feb 2011 at 09:43

Hopefully this will be a quicky for someone.

I have a windows 7 PC on it I want to set up a windows server 2003/07 or similar a client pc to test out some AD and group policies.

Ages a go I had something similar on my system at work. Virtual PC?

So what I want is to have 2 virtual boxes with trial versions of xp and server softwear on.

Will virtual PC do both? or do i need something else and how do i set up the link between each of them?

Pho · 2 Feb 2011 at 11:34

I don't know about Virtual PC but I know you can do it with VirtualBox - you can make each machine grab a real IP from your router too to make life easier.

Stelly · 2 Feb 2011 at 11:40

Yes virtual PC will do this, but I prefer to use VirtualBox as well....

Stelly

Vince · 2 Feb 2011 at 11:44

Personlly I woul do this with VMWare workstation but then I have been a VMWare convert for years

hargi · 2 Feb 2011 at 12:49

Thanks for that, just downloading virtualbox now.
Is there a link to the trial version of server 2003 anymore I can only find 2008?

subbass · 2 Feb 2011 at 17:01

hargi said:
Thanks for that, just downloading virtualbox now.
Is there a link to the trial version of server 2003 anymore I can only find 2008?

I don't think there is a trial version of 2k3 anymore as I was looking for it too when doing a similar thing in Virtualbox.

hargi · 2 Feb 2011 at 20:09

hmm may have to buy a book hopefully with a trial cd on the back

SoundsGood · 2 Feb 2011 at 20:34

Be careful which version of Windows Server you use as I found out last night.. Unless your CPU supports virtualization (Core 2 duo 4300 doesn't..) you will have difficulty running a 64bit operating system within a virtual machine.