First published on TECHNET on Mar 18, 2016
Heya folks,
Ned
here again. Superstar Microsoft PFE
Jaromir Kaspar
recently posted a Windows Server 2016 lab creation tool on
CodePlex
and I highly recommend it. Download the Windows Server 2016 ISO file and bing-bang-bong, the tool kicks out an entire working datacenter of clusters, Storage Spaces Direct, Storage Replica, scale-out file servers, Nano servers, and more. All the Software Defined Storage you could ever want, with none of the boring build time – just straight into the usage and tinkering and learning. It’s a treat.
You just run the
1_prereq.ps1
file and it readies the lab. Then run
2_createparentdisks.ps1
and pick an ISO to create your VHDXs. Then use
3_deploy.ps1
to blast out everything. Voila. So simple, a Ned can do it.
Download from
here
. Steps and docs are
here
. Questions and comments go
here
. What are you waiting for?
- Ned “work smarter, not harder” Pyle