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BizTalk Virtual Machines with Windows 2008 R2 Hyper V

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In this post I like to share how virtual machines can be build inside Windows 2008 R2. I recently did a clean Windows 2008 R2 clean install on my laptop. It is a HP EliteBook 8730QW , Intel Centrino Dual Core, 4Gb, 250 Gb Machine x64 based and fit for Windows 2008 R2 (including Hyper V). Installing and configuration of Windows 2008 R2 is straight forward and first thing to take into account is to enable wireless (notebook supports WiFi Link 5300), done by adding feature Wireless LAN Service . Soon as this is done, wireless connection can be setup. Then updating Windows 2008 R2 and downloading some drivers is possible. Then the Server Role Hyper-V in Server Manager can be added. Important in virtual machines is network and/or access to the internet. Therefore you will need to set up a virtual network that is necessary to have access from your virtual machine to the internet. This took me a while to figure out, but the following steps are required to make it happen. The first thing