Paul Cornell

How to download and install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1: http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-20-Downloading-and-Installing-Visual-Studio-2010-Beta-1/

In this video, you'll learn how to install Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Foundation Server 2010 Beta 1, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Suite Beta 1, and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1. You can perform all of the steps in this video by using trial software.

Additional resources:

• Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 home page on MSDN:
  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/dd819231.aspx. Provides links to web-facilitated installers and .ISO file downloads.
• Free Download Manager: http://www.freedownloadmanager.org. Increases large file download speed and helps resume broken and interrupted downloads of large files (such as .ISO files).
• How to use Free Download Manager to more quickly download Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1: http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2009/05/18/using-a-download-manager-to-quickly-download-visual-studio-2010-beta-1.aspx.
• Virtual CloneDrive: http://www.slysoft.com/en/virtual-clonedrive.html. Mounts an .ISO file on your local computer as a virtual hard disk. Just double-click the .ISO file to mount it.
• Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=28c97d22-6eb8-4a09-a7f7-f6c7a1f000b5.
• How to mount a .VHD file in Microsoft Windows Vista simply by double-clicking the .VHD file: http://blogs.msdn.com/cschotte/archive/2008/03/26/how-to-mount-a-vhd-quickly-under-vista-using-your-mouse.aspx.
• How to mount a .VHD file with Windows PowerShell: http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/3704/powershell-how-to-mount-a-virtual-hard-disk-vhd.
• Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Getting Started Guide: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732470.aspx.
• Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit - May Preview - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=752CB725-969B-4732-A383-ED5740F02E93&displaylang=en.

The usual disclaimers apply: Use these resources at your own risk, and use them on computers that you won't mind reformatting in case things go wrong. Also, mention of non-Microsoft resources in this post does not imply that Microsoft supports them.