Windows Server 2003 Test Installation

[Guest mcp6453]

As I have posted previously, I'm a volunteer admin on a Windows Server 2003

standard installation. I'm thinking it would be helpful for me to build a test

server at home for experimentation. Did Microsoft release a 120 or 180 trial for

2003? I have the one for 2000, and I thought I had one for 2003, but I am unable

to put my hands on it.

 

If such a package were released, is it possible to download it from somewhere?

Microsoft would have distributed them freely, and they are time-limited, so

there is not copyright problem.

 

I thought about subscribing to Microsoft's annual software plan for techs (the

name escapes me at the moment), but that's pretty hard to cost justify on a

volunteer basis.

 

Any alternative suggestions are appreciated, too.

[Guest Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Re: Windows Server 2003 Test Installation

 

Sorry, there is no trial version of Windows Server 2003 available.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/bb892754.aspx

 

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"mcp6453" wrote:

 

As I have posted previously, I'm a volunteer admin on a Windows Server 2003

standard installation. I'm thinking it would be helpful for me to build a test

server at home for experimentation. Did Microsoft release a 120 or 180 trial for

2003? I have the one for 2000, and I thought I had one for 2003, but I am unable

to put my hands on it.

 

If such a package were released, is it possible to download it from somewhere?

Microsoft would have distributed them freely, and they are time-limited, so

there is not copyright problem.

 

I thought about subscribing to Microsoft's annual software plan for techs (the

name escapes me at the moment), but that's pretty hard to cost justify on a

volunteer basis.

 

Any alternative suggestions are appreciated, too.

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Windows Server 2003 Test Installation

 

"mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> As I have posted previously, I'm a volunteer admin on a Windows Server 2003

> standard installation. I'm thinking it would be helpful for me to build a test

> server at home for experimentation. Did Microsoft release a 120 or 180 trial

> for 2003? I have the one for 2000, and I thought I had one for 2003, but I am

> unable to put my hands on it.

>

> If such a package were released, is it possible to download it from somewhere?

> Microsoft would have distributed them freely, and they are time-limited, so

> there is not copyright problem.

>

> I thought about subscribing to Microsoft's annual software plan for techs (the

> name escapes me at the moment), but that's pretty hard to cost justify on a

> volunteer basis.

>

> Any alternative suggestions are appreciated, too.

 

 

First off, if you haven't done so already, you might want to post this question

to a newsgroup dealing with Windows Server operating systems. That said, you

might want to take a look at this web site.

 

Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2: How to Get Trial Software

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb430831.aspx

 

The CD is for a 180 day trial. You have to register to receive it.

 

You can download a 30 day trial version in a .vhd file which can be run in

Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007.

 

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition VHD

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=77f24c9d-b4b8-4f73-99e3-c66f80e415b6&DisplayLang=en

 

Good luck

 

Nepatsfan

[Guest mcp6453]

Re: Windows Server 2003 Test Installation

 

Nepatsfan wrote:

> "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:%23XB42TpvIHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> As I have posted previously, I'm a volunteer admin on a Windows Server 2003

>> standard installation. I'm thinking it would be helpful for me to build a test

>> server at home for experimentation. Did Microsoft release a 120 or 180 trial

>> for 2003? I have the one for 2000, and I thought I had one for 2003, but I am

>> unable to put my hands on it.

>>

>> If such a package were released, is it possible to download it from somewhere?

>> Microsoft would have distributed them freely, and they are time-limited, so

>> there is not copyright problem.

>>

>> I thought about subscribing to Microsoft's annual software plan for techs (the

>> name escapes me at the moment), but that's pretty hard to cost justify on a

>> volunteer basis.

>>

>> Any alternative suggestions are appreciated, too.

>

>

> First off, if you haven't done so already, you might want to post this question

> to a newsgroup dealing with Windows Server operating systems. That said, you

> might want to take a look at this web site.

 

You're absolutely correct. My news reader abbreviates the newsgroup names.

Sometimes one looks a lot like another, when I'm posting in a hurry.

> Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2: How to Get Trial Software

> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb430831.aspx

>

> The CD is for a 180 day trial. You have to register to receive it.

>

> You can download a 30 day trial version in a .vhd file which can be run in

> Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007.

>

> Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition VHD

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=77f24c9d-b4b8-4f73-99e3-c66f80e415b6&DisplayLang=en

>

> Good luck

>

> Nepatsfan

 

Thanks for the links.

[Guest Nepatsfan]

Re: Windows Server 2003 Test Installation

 

"mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> Nepatsfan wrote:

>> "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:%23XB42TpvIHA.4736@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> As I have posted previously, I'm a volunteer admin on a Windows Server 2003

>>> standard installation. I'm thinking it would be helpful for me to build a

>>> test server at home for experimentation. Did Microsoft release a 120 or 180

>>> trial for 2003? I have the one for 2000, and I thought I had one for 2003,

>>> but I am unable to put my hands on it.

>>>

>>> If such a package were released, is it possible to download it from

>>> somewhere? Microsoft would have distributed them freely, and they are

>>> time-limited, so there is not copyright problem.

>>>

>>> I thought about subscribing to Microsoft's annual software plan for techs

>>> (the name escapes me at the moment), but that's pretty hard to cost justify

>>> on a volunteer basis.

>>>

>>> Any alternative suggestions are appreciated, too.

>>

>>

>> First off, if you haven't done so already, you might want to post this

>> question to a newsgroup dealing with Windows Server operating systems. That

>> said, you might want to take a look at this web site.

>

> You're absolutely correct. My news reader abbreviates the newsgroup names.

> Sometimes one looks a lot like another, when I'm posting in a hurry.

>

>> Windows Server 2003 R2 with SP2: How to Get Trial Software

>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/bb430831.aspx

>>

>> The CD is for a 180 day trial. You have to register to receive it.

>>

>> You can download a 30 day trial version in a .vhd file which can be run in

>> Microsoft's Virtual PC 2007.

>>

>> Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition VHD

>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=77f24c9d-b4b8-4f73-99e3-c66f80e415b6&DisplayLang=en

>>

>> Good luck

>>

>> Nepatsfan

>

> Thanks for the links.

 

 

You're welcome.

 

Nepatsfan