ReleaseNotesVersion.2010.5.05a

    Microsoft? Visual Studio? 2010 Release Candidate Virtual Machine

    Release

    General Release Notes

    For the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate we have built a single virtual machine image that contains fully installed and configured copies of Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Release Candidate and Team Foundation Server 2010 Release Candidate. We’ve published three versions of the image, one each for

    the three current Microsoft Virtualization platforms—Virtual PC 2007 SP1, Windows Virtual PC, and

    Hyper-V. Instructions for downloading the images can be found here.

    Depending upon your computer’s host operating system you may have more than one option. Choose

    the one that works best for you. Hyper-V is recommended for the best overall performance, and for the ease of use with its support for snapshots (which allow you to easily save and restore the state of your virtual machine).

    Please note: Each virtual machine is the same. The only difference is the virtualization specific additions that improve performance and ease of use under a particular virtualization platform. Activation

    This VHD is built upon an evaluation version of Windows Server 2008. As such you may notice requests to activate the operating system. You can disregard these requests and answer “Activate Later” when

    prompted at boot time.

    Rollback

    It is recommended that you implement a rollback strategy for restoring this virtual machine to a previous point in time. This is helpful in case you make a mistake, or if you want to reset the state of the original sample data contained within this virtual machine. Each virtualization technology has its own built-in support for rollback. Hyper-V uses snapshotting and Virtual PC 2007 and Windows Virtual PC

    both use undo disks. Consult the documentation for the virtualization technology of your choice to learn more about these capabilities.

    Labs / Demo Scripts

    A set of 9 hands-on-lab documents, which also function as demo scripts, are available for download along with this virtual machine. To download the lab documents please see the same post mentioned

    earlier.

    Expiration

    The installer for each virtual machine displays the End User License Agreement that you must agree to in order to extract and use the virtual machine. The EULA defines your license to use the virtual machine and the duration of the evaluation period.

The software used to build the virtual machine has different expiration dates.

    Software Expiration Notes

    SQL Server 2008 Evaluation Edition Expires September 14, 2010

    Office 2007 Enterprise Evaluation Requires registration after 25 executions

    Project Professional 2007 Evaluation Requires registration after 25 executions

    Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate Release Candidate Expires June 30, 2010

    Team Foundation Server 2010 Release Candidate Expires June 30, 2010

Recommend System Configuration

    You will want to provide as much RAM as possible (up to 4 GB) to this virtual machine. We suggest a minimum of 1.5 GB. You should not allocate all of your physical memory to a virtual machine or you can “starve” your host machine of the RAM it needs to complete other tasks. For example, if you have 6GB

    of physical memory on your computer then a good allocation for your virtual machine might be 3GB. This can be a process of trial and error.

    If you have more than one hard drive, place the VHD file on a drive that is different from your system drive. Use the faster spindle rate if it is a mechanical drive or use an SSD drive. If you use an external hard drive, faster interfaces such as eSata or Firewire 800 will work better. Be careful with slower, laptop drives and USB 1.1 interfaces.

    How to Log In

    All the accounts use the same password: P2ssw0rd (capital letter P, the number two, the letter s, the

    letter s, the letter w, the number zero, the letter r, and the letter d).

    Virtual PC 2007

    Press the Right Alt key + Delete.

    Hyper-V, Hyper-V R2, and Windows Virtual PC

    Press Ctrl+Alt+End when using the console interface.

    Feedback

    If you have comments or general feedback, please e-mail vskitfdbk@microsoft.com. This is not a

    technical support alias and we do not guarantee replies. However, we will read all messages.