How do I create my own SharePoint VM to play with?
Last updated by Unknown over 11 years ago.See historyWhen you want to create a SharePoint environment, you would need to create a new Virtual Machine from the SysPrep image.
When you want to create a SharePoint environment, you would need to create a new Virtual Machine from the SysPrep image.
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Make a copy of the latest version of sysprep.vhd and do not run the base one
- Rename sysprep.vhd so it will say what you are using it for. e.g. client_project_v7.vhd
- You will retain the version number so can we know from which sysprep.vhd it was made from
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In Hyper-V or Virtual PC, you create a new VM and link it to your copy of the sysprep.vhd
- You will need to allocate 2GB of RAM for this image
- You will need plenty of hard drive space (at least 25GB to 30GB)
- You will also need time - it is best to run this on a different machine if you plan to use your laptop at the same time when you are setting up this Virtual Machine
- You want to have the undo disk off initially, so that the installation commits changes directly to the VHD. Start the VM
- Once the VM starts up, you will be asked to login - use our SharePoint dev password for the administrator account
- Setup scripts will run for the administrator - this will rename the machine and install SQL Server
- When the process is completed, the machine will restart, and prompt you to login again as the MOSSFarm account - use our SharePoint dev password for the MOSSFarm account
- A second set of setup scripts will run for this account - this will install MOSS, SP1
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When this is all done, you will power down the VM, and commit all changes to disk
- You will consider setting up either snapshots or undo-disk at this point.
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