Wired For Sound...

We have just made a Virtual PC image available for download which contains a self-contained Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 environment for you to use for development, testing and demos. It includes:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 + Active Directory + Windows SharePoint Services
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 + SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
  • Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
  • Microsoft Office Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional
  • Microsoft CRM 3.0 + Microsoft CRM 3.0 Desktop Client for Outlook + Adventure Works Cycle Demo Data

This is a fairly large (>10GB) image file which has been compressed and split up into six separate downloads, and can be found here:

One thing you should be aware of is that the image is configured with a US keyboard, and if (like me) the PC you run the image on is configured with a UK keyboard, then you'll find that the " and @ keys are the wrong way round. When you log on, you will need to use pass"word1 as the adminstrator password, and not pass@word1. Once logged in, you can go ahead and configure a UK keyboard and all will be goodness again.

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