Windows Server 8 Beta, how to get started testing it out

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The Windows Server 8 Beta are available for download and testing. Downloading it from here and installing it are no problem, but what to do when you have installed it might be harder to know.

There will always be clear visual differences you might want to check out, but sooner or later you just don't know what to test out or how to acctualy test it out.

Or maybe you just want a better structured lab.

A great help from Microsoft is that they have created a default setup guide for demo labs. This have been around for server 2008/R2 for a while and are already ready for the Server 8 Beta. The best thing with this soultion is that it always take the base setup as the fondation to all the different demo environment so you can export the base setup and reuse it for the next thing you want to test.

Base Setup

So if you want to try out the new Direct Access features, Remote Desktop Services or just Print features, you can just install the base setup and download guides as needed. The lab setup are also a great start for your "free thinking" labs also if you don't want to follow guides.



And to top it off, every step have powershell commands so you don't have to go into the GUI at all :-)
  
Windows 8 Server Beta Test Lab Guides here

  • Demonstrate DirectAccess Single Srv Setup with Mixed IPv4 and IPv6 in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate DirectAccess Simplified Setup in an IPv4-only Test Envir. in Windows Srv "8" Beta
  • Deploying Remote Desktop Licensing in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrating DHCP Failover in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate Virtualized Domain Controller (VDC) in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate Printing in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate Remote Access in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate Remote Desktop Services Desktop Virtualization in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate IP Address Management (IPAM) in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate ADDS Simplified Administration in Windows Server "8" Beta
  • Demonstrate High Availability Printing in Windows Server "8" Beta  

    • And the Base setup are here

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