Windows Server Emulator

[JadeWolf324]

is there one of these that exists? so that i could build a "fake network" that doesnt really exist?

if not...how hard do you think it would be to code something like this??? i think it would be really

neat to have something like this...to teach basic skills like exchange servers and AD.

[SAMeAiM]

Not really sure what you mean :rolleyes:

You wan't to learn how to use (grap som skills etc.) a windows server system?

Well, you could go get a copy of Windows Server 2003 Evaluation (Trial) and test it with vmware in a virtual network.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003...al/evalkit.mspx

[trance]

you can also download the virtual server beta (or RC, not sure which it is at) from the MS website... that with the other WS trial, you can do it all for FREE (save the cost of the hardware).

[JadeWolf324]

well i was thinking more along the lines of how there are Cisco router emulators...perhaps there could be emulators for window server software?

[trance]

cisco router software is also extremely small and customized. If you just want to learn administration, there are a number of CBT modules. There are no "emulators" for the OS, other than running the whole OS on either real hardware or in a virtual mode (like virtual server or vmware)

[JadeWolf324]

  trance said:

cisco router software is also extremely small and customized. If you just want to learn administration, there are a number of CBT modules. There are no "emulators" for the OS, other than running the whole OS on either real hardware or in a virtual mode (like virtual server or vmware)

what exactly is virtual server?

[trance]

similar to vmware, but a lot better and faster.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversyst...er/default.mspx

[JadeWolf324]

  trance said:

similar to vmware, but a lot better and faster.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversyst...er/default.mspx

but still not what i was thinking...because if you do do that, it will try to make actual network ends....and things will eventually not work correctly...

[cpugeniusmv]

i just use plain ol' vmware. i have a w2k3 server evaluation on a virtual network with a few virtual XP clients.

[Gurgelmeyer]

  JadeWolf324 said:

but still not what i was thinking...because if you do do that, it will try to make actual network ends....and things will eventually not work correctly...

Not necessarily - you can set up all the Guest OS'es to be on the same virtual network.