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Need VM for practice

  • June 13, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    #351849

    Hi, A question for DBA's. If I cannot find Sand Boxes in our environment for some reason, is there a way online I can get SQL VM boxes, just for practice, learn, test some features?

    For example I would like to try to set up a alwaysOn group.

    Thanks,

  • June 14, 2018 at 3:37 am

    #1993959

    Hi,
    you can use the developer edidtion. This is free to use  with all features like the enterprise edition.

    Developer Edition Download 2017

    With this version, you are able to build a AOAG.
    Kind regards,
    Andreas

  • June 14, 2018 at 5:44 am

    #1993967

    Beyond just a copy of Developer Edition, you'll also want to get a trial version of Windows Server (works for 180 days,) and some sort of virtualization solution.  Options on the latter might be VMWare Workstation, if your PC supports it enabling Hyper-V, or several other solutions that are out there.

  • June 14, 2018 at 6:02 am

    #1993970

    An alternative way of getting a Windows server is to set up an account for an Amazon EC2 or Azure server. There are free trial options available for small servers.

  • June 14, 2018 at 10:37 am

    #1994031

    sqlfriends - Wednesday, June 13, 2018 4:57 PM

    Hi, A question for DBA's. If I cannot find Sand Boxes in our environment for some reason, is there a way online I can get SQL VM boxes, just for practice, learn, test some features?

    For example I would like to try to set up a alwaysOn group.

    Thanks,

    Another option (or additional) is to sign up for a free Azure account. You get a lot of free hours, services, VMs, etc.
    If you're interested, here is the link for more info:
    Create your Azure free account today

    Sue

  • June 14, 2018 at 10:45 am

    #1994035

    Thank you all.

    I also remember long time ago, we can login to microsoft site to do some virtual labs, it seems no longer available, correct?

  • June 14, 2018 at 10:54 am

    #1994038

    sqlfriends - Thursday, June 14, 2018 10:45 AM

    Thank you all.

    I also remember long time ago, we can login to microsoft site to do some virtual labs, it seems no longer available, correct?

    I think I know which ones you're talking about. It's changed since the older days if it's the one I'm thinking about. It's cloud based now so I'm not sure what you get with that vs using the Azure free account. Here is the link to the hands on labs: 
    Hands-on-labs

    Sue

  • June 18, 2018 at 2:33 pm

    #1994371

    Look at downloading Oracle VirtualBox or VM Workstation Player. There may be some restrictions over commercial use which will need checking.

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