{"id":12103,"date":"2012-02-29T15:09:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T15:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12103"},"modified":"2012-02-29T15:09:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T15:09:41","slug":"windows-8-beta-and-consumer-preview-are-live-get-the-bits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12103","title":{"rendered":"Windows 8 Beta And Consumer Preview Are Live \u2013 Get The Bits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now we move into interesting times.&#160; After some announcement in Barcelona (I was asleep near Redmond getting my first decent sleep since Friday night \u2013 jetlag) Microsoft has launched the following two releases:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/windows.microsoft.com\/en-US\/windows-8\/iso\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Consumer Preview<\/a> : This is the desktop OS with a marketing label for the beta.&#160; I think there is also a VHD download but I\u2019ve linked the ISO.&#160; .<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/evalcenter\/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&amp;wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Server 8 Beta<\/a>: What it says on the tin.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you go for the VHD route, then check out Hans Vredevoort\u2019s post on how to do a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hyper-v.nu\/archives\/hvredevoort\/2012\/02\/how-to-boot-from-vhd-with-windows-8-consumer-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\">boot from VHD<\/a> for this release.<\/p>\n<p>Additional content is also available:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?id=28972&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm\" target=\"_blank\">Consumer Preview Remote Server Administration Toolkit (RSAT)<\/a> for managing the server from your desktop.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/server-cloud\/windows-server\/v8-default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Windows Server 8 Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/library\/hh831620.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">A TechNet guide to install, deploy, and migrate to Windows Server 8<\/a> \u2013 now we\u2019re getting serious!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Expect the information dump to start from Microsoft, and expect your local Microsoft office to start communicating over the next week.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve kicked off my server downloads at the Hyatt in Bellevue at the MVP summit.&#160; It appears that the other residents (mostly MVPs) have also done this \u2026. so my download will complete in 3 or so days.&#160; Ah well, I\u2019m sure the guest wifi network on campus can handle 1000+ of us doing a download <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smilewithtongueout\" alt=\"Smile with tongue out\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/wlEmoticon-smilewithtongueout.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I cannot wait for the last bits of the lab at work to get delivered so I can get building.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:2f2237c1-d4b7-4d64-ac0a-883d5a04c041\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows+8\" rel=\"tag\">Windows 8<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Hyper-V\" rel=\"tag\">Hyper-V<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Virtualisation\" rel=\"tag\">Virtualisation<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now we move into interesting times.&#160; 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