Virtual Server is available as a free download from Microsoft. I have it loaded on my Dell 1720 on windows vista ultimate, on my dell precision on windows vista business 64 bit and on my poweredge 840 on Windows Server 2003.
If you want to do anything really hard core (and learn some really cool stuff) I highly recommend you get Professional Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 by Ben Armstrong. An awesome book.
To install virtual server you need IIS. To get IIS installed I did the following on my Vista workstations (as described in Ben's book):
- From the Start Menu Select Control Panel
- Select Programs
- Select Turn Windows features on or Off
- Check Internet Information Service
- Expand Internet Information Service, expand web management tools, expand IIS 6 management compatibility, and check IIS metabase and IIS 6 configuration compatibility.
- Expand IIS 6 Internet Information Service and open World Wide Web Services. Then open application development features and check CGI.
- Expand Internet Information Service, and open worldwide web services. Then open security and check windows authentication.
- Press Ok and IIS will be installed.
To install IIS on my Windows Server 2003 server I did the following:
- From the start menu select control panel and add or remove programs.
- Select add/remove windows components from the left of the add or remove programs dialog box.
- From the windows component wizard page, select application server and continue with the wizard.
- Have the windows disks ready to install any extra components needed as the wizard progresses.
For the actual install of virtual server I just ran Setup or Setup64 for virtual server, selected complete install and took all of the defaults. This created a virtual server web site and installed the virtual server windows client. For complete information and advanced install options see chapter 2 of the book.
That's it. Next I will discuss the configuration of the virtual network and some of the virtual machines on it.
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