First timer

kid_subaru

Hey Guys and Gals,

I am new to the community and am starting to study for my Windows Server 2012 cert, 70-410 to be specific. My question to you, what is the best virtual box for labs?

Thanks in advance!

scaredoftests

I like VMware.

kid_subaru

scaredoftests wrote: »

I like VMware.

workstation? if so, is there a free version?

Dollarhyde

Yes there is a free version it is called the VMware player

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_workstation_player/12_0

OctalDump

There's also a free version of Hyper-V, or you can go the whole hog with VMware and get ESXi. There's an advantage in using these over using VirtualBox or VMware Workstation etc, in that you get experience with actual enterprise level virtualisation solutions.

seth479

If you're going for the MCSA then eventually you're going to have to use Hyper-V so I'd recommend using it.

tau2014

For Windows there is a free version of Workstation. You can also use Hyper-V (Free as well) if you have a Windows 8.1 or 10 machine.

What I did was get an old workhorse machine from Ebay and I installed the VMWare Hypervisor (FREE!) and I bought a couple Win 2012 licenses also from Ebay and I have those virtualized. I would agree with one of the other posts in that you'd want to get a feel for a scaled down version of the enterprise solution which is why I like using VMWare so I can create separate networks and also virtualize hosts.