Microsoft Test Lab Guides
The ongoing saga of Microsoft Test Lab Guides (TLGs) and the writers who love them...
TLG for the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET 5.2) is now available
Hey TLG fans, Dan Cuomo, a Premier Field Engineer here at Microsoft, has just published the Test Lab...
Date: 08/11/2015
Ways to create a SharePoint 2013 in Azure dev/test or IT testing environment
Hey SharePoint and Azure fans, With the publication of the Set up a SharePoint intranet farm in a...
Date: 01/27/2015
New set of hybrid cloud test environments
Hey TLG and Azure fans, When adapting the Test Lab Guides (TLGs) content for the upcoming new world...
Date: 01/19/2015
How the Azure Base Configuration Test Lab works
The Azure Base Configuration test lab, the latest incarnation of the base configurations for the...
Date: 08/29/2014
New Azure TLG: Demonstrating FIM 2010 R2 ECMA2 with SQL Azure
Hey TLG, FIM 2010 R2, and Azure fans, Check out this new Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating FIM 2010 R2...
Date: 07/07/2014
The first 3-way TLG: Exchange Server 2013 TLG for Windows Server 2012 R2
Hey TLG and Exchange fans, Jeff Cothern and I have been working on the Test Lab Guide: Install...
Date: 06/25/2014
New SQL Server 2014 in Azure TLG
Hey TLG, SQL Server, and Azure fans, There is a new Test Lab Guide: SQL Server 2014 in Azure. With...
Date: 06/17/2014
Directory Sync with Office 365 – New Test Lab Guide (TLG) for the Public Cloud TLG Stack
Hey TLG and public cloud technology fans, We recently released the Set Up a Directory...
Date: 06/11/2014
New Exchange Server 2013 TLG for the Windows Server 2012 R2 Base Configuration is now available
Hey TLG and Exchange fans, Jeff Cothern just published Test Lab Guide: Install Exchange Server 2013...
Date: 05/05/2014
New SharePoint Server 2013 3-tier farm test lab in Azure
Hey TLG, SharePoint, and Azure fans, I just published the new Test Lab Guide: SharePoint Server 2013...
Date: 04/18/2014
Three Types of Base Configurations
Hey TLG fans, It is time clarify the different types of base configurations for Test Lab Guide (TLG)...
Date: 02/04/2014
New Base Configuration in Microsoft Azure!
Hey current and future Microsoft Azure fans, I just published the Base Configuration in Azure TLG,...
Date: 01/23/2014
Two new TLGs for the new Public Cloud TLG stack
Hey TLG and public cloud technology fans, Prolific TLG author Bill Mathers just published two new...
Date: 01/15/2014
New Test Lab Guide: Configuring an Office 365 Trial Subscription
Hey TLG and Office Server 2013 fans, Cloud products like Office 365 and Windows Azure have gotten a...
Date: 12/20/2013
New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Lync Server 2013
Hey TLG and Lync fans, You can now download the new Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Lync Server 2013. If...
Date: 12/12/2013
Updated Base Configuration TLG for Windows Server 2012 R2
Hey TLG and Windows Server 2012 R2 fans, My colleagues Tim Quinn and Bill Mathers have updated and...
Date: 12/10/2013
Extending the base configuration to include mobile clients
Hey TLG and mobile client fans, The Base Configuration test lab, consisting of the Corpnet subnet...
Date: 12/02/2013
Test Lab Guide: Configure eDiscovery for an Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, and Windows File Shares Test Lab
Hey TLG and Office Server 2013 fans, My esteemed colleague Chris Fox just published Configure...
Date: 11/19/2013
Two new Windows Server 2012 R2 TLGs published!
Hey TLG and Windows Server 2012 R2 fans, Tim Quinn, author of the ever-popular Base Configuration...
Date: 10/01/2013
New Windows Server 2012 base configuration test lab for public cloud technologies
To enable the use of public cloud technologies, such as Office 365 or Windows Azure, with test lab...
Date: 09/26/2013
Windows PowerShell command blocks for Hyper-V configurations
Hey TLG and automation fans, Continuing the drive toward better automation for setting up test labs...
Date: 08/28/2013
Hydration Kit for base configuration test labs
Hey TLG and automation fans, Andrew Barnes, AKA Scriptimus Prime, has developed and published a...
Date: 08/01/2013
New Base Configuration for Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview!
Hey TLG and Windows Server 2012 fans, Tim Quinn, author of the ever-popular Base Configuration TLG...
Date: 07/19/2013
Test Lab Guide: Configure an Integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint Test Lab
Hey TLG and Office Server 2013 fans, My partners-in-content Tony Trivison and Mitch Duncan and I...
Date: 07/11/2013
New Test Lab Guide: Configure a Highly Available SharePoint Server 2013 Search Topology
Hey TLG and SharePoint search fans, My esteemed colleague Dan Wesley has just published Configure a...
Date: 07/09/2013
The first TLG stack poster for SharePoint 2013
Hey TLG fans, In an attempt to get even more visual, I just published the first poster for TLGs...
Date: 07/03/2013
Announcing the TLG Content Creation Kit
Hey TLG fans, On the heels of consolidating the TLG content guidance and templates into the TechNet...
Date: 07/02/2013
An open invitation to Microsoft partners
Hey Microsoft partners who are also TLG fans, Test Lab Guides (TLGs) are open to anyone to...
Date: 06/21/2013
TLGs a key part of the new Fast Learner Modules
Hey TLG fans and fast learners, I recently published the first series of Fast Learner Modules in the...
Date: 06/13/2013
Two new Hyper-V configuration overview videos
Hey TLG video fans, I recently published two Hyper-V configuration overview videos. For the Hosting...
Date: 06/12/2013
Over 200 pieces of Test Lab Guide content and counting…
Hey TLGers, Just a quick note to commemorate the new milestone for Test Lab Guides (TLGs): There are...
Date: 06/10/2013
New creating and publishing TLG content topics
Hey aspiring TLG content creators, In an attempt to standardize and provide more detailed end-to-end...
Date: 06/07/2013
Three new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V TLGs published!
Hey TLG and Hyper-V fans, MVP Mikhail Komarov and Vladimir Savko continue their drive on Hyper-V in...
Date: 05/28/2013
Two new SharePoint 2013 TLGs and a PPT showing the entire stack
Hey TLG and SharePoint 2013 fans, Two new TLGs for SharePoint 2013 have been published and I am...
Date: 05/15/2013
First Test Lab Guide eBook for the SharePoint 2013 Intranet and Team Sites stack
Hey mobile TLG fans, I recently published the Download Test Lab Guide: eBook for SharePoint Server...
Date: 05/13/2013
Two new TLGs for System Center 2012 VMM published!
Hey TLG gals and guys, My long-time colleague Jan Keller, whom I worked with on Windows Server 2000,...
Date: 05/09/2013
New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate profile synchronization for SharePoint Server 2013
My esteemed colleague K.C. Cross on the SharePoint writing team has just published Demonstrate...
Date: 05/01/2013
Contributing to TLGs Part 8: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V test lab configuration article in the TechNet Wiki
Another way to contribute to Microsoft Test Lab Guides (TLGs) is to publish a Windows Server 2012...
Date: 04/26/2013
The first batch of Test Lab Guide overview videos have arrived…
Hey TLG fans, It is with great pleasure (and a sigh of relief) to inform you that the first batch of...
Date: 04/15/2013
New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate RemoteFX on Windows Server 2012
Hey TLG and Hyper-V fans, MVP Mikhail Komarov has published Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate RemoteFX on...
Date: 04/12/2013
Three new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guidance articles
Hey TLG buddies, I have published three new articles that provide Hyper-V configuration guidance for...
Date: 04/10/2013
New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Hyper-V Replica
Hey TLG and Hyper-V fans, Delivering on the potential of his recently published private cloud...
Date: 04/08/2013
A new Branch Office TLG that uses the Apposite Technologies Linktropy WAN emulator
Hey TLG fans, I recently published the Test Lab Guide: Configure the Contoso Branch Office using an...
Date: 03/27/2013
A new private cloud version of the Windows Server 2012 base configuration test lab!
Great news TLG fans, Mikhail Komarov, my colleague and virtual machine MVP, has just published Test...
Date: 03/25/2013
New Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guidance articles and portal page
Hey TLG devotees, Well, I just couldn't help myself… I have published new articles that...
Date: 03/18/2013
Guidance for creating test labs using Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012
Hey TLG fans, Test lab guides are deliberately designed to be independent of how you put them...
Date: 03/08/2013
Configure the Contoso Branch Office TLG now available
Hey TLG fans, I just published the Test Lab Guide: Configure the Contoso Branch Office in the...
Date: 02/19/2013
Spotlight on the Windows Server 2012 TLG stack
Hey TLG and Windows Server fans, Have you seen the Windows Server 2012 TLG stack lately? It's HUGE...
Date: 02/12/2013
Installing Exchange Server 2013 TLG now available
Hey TLG and Exchange fans, Test Lab Guide: Install Exchange Server 2013 is a new modular Test Lab...
Date: 01/24/2013
New TLG for System Center Service Manager 2012 SP1
Hey TLG devotees, Aly Ghoneim just published the Test Lab Guide: System Center Service Manager 2012...
Date: 01/22/2013