SharePoint Evaluation VPC Image will expire 9/30
If you’ve activated and are using the SharePoint evaluation image from http://www.microsoft.com/vhd you’ve hopefully noticed by now that it’s due to expire at the end of this month…!
We’ll be getting a new image with an extended expiry date (Early 2010) uploaded to the same site in the next few days – I’ll update this post when it’s available.
If you have activated the original image and have been using it for demos or a POC you’ll need to download the new image and backup and restore your configuration, there’s no way to extend the expiry date.
And if you didn’t know that this SharePoint VPC existed then I’d recommend heading over to http://www.microsoft.com/vhd and taking a look, they have lots of other images available including Exchange, Vista and Windows Server 2008 – and all of them run fully functional for 30 days before requiring activation.
