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Old 12-30-2008   #3 (permalink)
Bo Berglund


 
 

Re: Does SQL Server 2008 run in Virtual PC 2007 SP1?

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:19:39 -0800, ronald
<ronald@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>I assume that SQL Server 2008 (Standard Edition) will run, in Virtual PC 2007
>SP1 (on a development machine), but I did not see that specifically stated in
>the SQL Server installation notes.
>
>Does anyone know for sure or not if SQL Server 2008 will run in Virtual PC
>2007 SP1?
It really does not run on VPC2007SP1 itself at all....

Instead it runs in a guest operating system (XP, Vista, Win2003 etc)
installed in a virtual machine running under VPC2007....

The virtualization software used is less of a detail than the
operating system you want to install SQLServer into.

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