Appendix B: R2 Developer VM Configuration

Software Requirements

Operating System

• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Released Evaluation).

https://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2-Download.aspx

Developer Tools (install these as “full installations”)

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (an edition that includes x64 compilers)
  • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/downloads/default.aspx
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Upgrade
  • https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en
• Windows® Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1:
  • ISO: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=71deb800-c591-4f97-a900-bea146e4fae1&displaylang=en
  • Web setup: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c17ba869-9671-4330-a63e-1fd44e0e2505&displaylang=en
• Ensure that Visual Studio is installed to include the “x64 Compiler and Tools” as well as the “Visual Web Developer” option.
• Ensure that the IIS Web Management administration console is installed.

Network Configuration

• Open a command window with admin privileges and type the following command:

  netsh interface ipv4 set address name="Local Area Connection" static 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.0 10.0.0.1
  Note:

  Please note that running the command above will set the IP address of your machine to static one which disable Internet access. If you need Internet access, may we suggest adding an additional network adapter hooked up to your public network.