WHS in VirtualBox VM?

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Wipeout

Limp Gawd
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Hey guys,

I want to test drive WHS in a VM setup just to see how it works...I know we've got a virtual computing forum, but the WHS experts seem to be over here. Is there anything I should know about doing this that won't work like "normal"?
 
WHS works fine in VM's that can support Windows XP (more or less). My WHS now runs in Hyper-V. Just install it, and see if you have any issues.
 
Is the host computer going to be the Windows machine connecting to the WHS box running inside the VM?

Or is the host going to be a server (running Linux or something) separate from the Windows machine(s)? The latter may mean you need a second NIC in the server so that your machines can communicate with the WHS VM. I was able to install WHS into a VirtualBox VM just fine, but didn't have the time to put in a second NIC to let the VM get it's own IP.
 
I'll be hosting it on Win7 Pro x64 and connecting to it like that for the time being. Ultimate plan is to build a machine with Hyper-V 2k8R2 and WHS2 (or whatever they call it)...this is just so I can check out the OS and see how it works.

Thanks guys!
 
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