I’ve had a heap of emails asking about the availability of the Hands On Labs that we used at Tech Ed.
So, can you get hold of the HOL’s at Tech Ed?
Unfortunately the answer is no. There are a couple of reasons for this.
1) Branding. Many of the labs are branded with Tech Ed and we’ve been asked not to publish or give them out for this reason.
2) Expiring Evaluation copies of Software. Most (if not all) the eval copies of Windows Server are set to expire today, which means you can’t start them anyway.
However, it is not all lost. A good number of the HOL’s are also available as Virtual Labs, which means you can run through the material any time using Microsoft servers to run the VM’s. There are Virtual labs for both IT Pro and Developer content on a wide range of products (exceeding the ones we had at Tech Ed) and they are available free of charge from the Virtual Labs page. Note that some of the very large labs (e.g. 
the Security lab with six VM’s) may not be available via Virtual Labs.
Finally, if there is a specific lab that you are keen to get hold of, we can release the lab manuals for you to go through in your own time. If you are keen on this, contact Mike using this contact form and he will give you details on how you can get hold of the lab manuals.
