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2015 3

  1. TLG for the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET 5.2) is now available
  2. Ways to create a SharePoint 2013 in Azure dev/test or IT testing environment
  3. New set of hybrid cloud test environments

2014 10

  1. How the Azure Base Configuration Test Lab works
  2. New Azure TLG: Demonstrating FIM 2010 R2 ECMA2 with SQL Azure
  3. The first 3-way TLG: Exchange Server 2013 TLG for Windows Server 2012 R2
  4. New SQL Server 2014 in Azure TLG
  5. Directory Sync with Office 365 – New Test Lab Guide (TLG) for the Public Cloud TLG Stack
  6. New Exchange Server 2013 TLG for the Windows Server 2012 R2 Base Configuration is now available
  7. New SharePoint Server 2013 3-tier farm test lab in Azure
  8. Three Types of Base Configurations
  9. New Base Configuration in Microsoft Azure!
  10. Two new TLGs for the new Public Cloud TLG stack

2013 40

  1. New Test Lab Guide: Configuring an Office 365 Trial Subscription
  2. New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Lync Server 2013
  3. Updated Base Configuration TLG for Windows Server 2012 R2
  4. Extending the base configuration to include mobile clients
  5. Test Lab Guide: Configure eDiscovery for an Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, and Windows File Shares Test Lab
  6. Two new Windows Server 2012 R2 TLGs published!
  7. New Windows Server 2012 base configuration test lab for public cloud technologies
  8. Windows PowerShell command blocks for Hyper-V configurations
  9. Hydration Kit for base configuration test labs
  10. New Base Configuration for Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview!
  11. Test Lab Guide: Configure an Integrated Exchange, Lync, and SharePoint Test Lab
  12. New Test Lab Guide: Configure a Highly Available SharePoint Server 2013 Search Topology
  13. The first TLG stack poster for SharePoint 2013
  14. Announcing the TLG Content Creation Kit
  15. An open invitation to Microsoft partners
  16. TLGs a key part of the new Fast Learner Modules
  17. Two new Hyper-V configuration overview videos
  18. Over 200 pieces of Test Lab Guide content and counting…
  19. New creating and publishing TLG content topics
  20. Three new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V TLGs published!
  21. Two new SharePoint 2013 TLGs and a PPT showing the entire stack
  22. First Test Lab Guide eBook for the SharePoint 2013 Intranet and Team Sites stack
  23. Two new TLGs for System Center 2012 VMM published!
  24. New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate profile synchronization for SharePoint Server 2013
  25. Contributing to TLGs Part 8: Creating a Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V test lab configuration article in the TechNet Wiki
  26. The first batch of Test Lab Guide overview videos have arrived…
  27. New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate RemoteFX on Windows Server 2012
  28. Three new Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guidance articles
  29. New Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Hyper-V Replica
  30. A new Branch Office TLG that uses the Apposite Technologies Linktropy WAN emulator
  31. A new private cloud version of the Windows Server 2012 base configuration test lab!
  32. New Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guidance articles and portal page
  33. Guidance for creating test labs using Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012
  34. Configure the Contoso Branch Office TLG now available
  35. Spotlight on the Windows Server 2012 TLG stack
  36. Installing Exchange Server 2013 TLG now available
  37. New TLG for System Center Service Manager 2012 SP1
  38. Two additional TLGs for Windows Server 2012
  39. Contributing to TLGs Part 7: Creating a TLG portal page in the TechNet Wiki
  40. Introducing the SharePoint Server 2013 Business Intelligence TLG stack!

2012 33

  1. New icon set for the latest SharePoint 2013 TLGs is now available
  2. New TLG mini-module for Cross-Forest Certificate Enrollment published
  3. SharePoint Server 2013 TLG stack refreshed
  4. Windows Server 2012 Base Configuration TLG updated based on your feedback
  5. The official Test Lab Guides logo has arrived
  6. New mini-module for installing Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) on EDGE1 published
  7. New recommendations for TLG stack diagrams
  8. Contributing to TLGs Part 6: Writing a TLG mini-module
  9. Spotlight on the new Remote Access in Windows Server 2012 TLG stack
  10. Two new TLGs for SharePoint Server 2013 published
  11. Updated Base Configuration TLG for Windows Server 2012 published
  12. New mini-module for installing Office 2013 Preview on CLIENT1 published
  13. Over 100 Test Lab Guides and counting!
  14. New easy-to-remember URL for the Test Lab Guides portal page: https://microsoft.com/testlabguides
  15. New mini-module for creating a second SharePoint Server 2013 Preview farm
  16. Spotlight on the new Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server 2012 TLG stack
  17. The first partner-authored TLG is published!
  18. New mini-module for creating a second forest and domain published
  19. The hits keep coming...new System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection TLG extension published
  20. System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Test Lab Guide published!
  21. Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010 TLG stack is now available!
  22. New set of TLGs for SharePoint Server 2013 Preview
  23. New TLG mini-module for Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) 2.0 now available
  24. Guest post: Creating a portable demonstration environment to showcase Gemalto's OTP Windows logon with DirectAccess on a Windows 8 tablet
  25. New TLG stack for Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 now available
  26. Corpnet subnet configuration for public cloud technologies is now available
  27. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrating a File-based Extensible Connectivity 2.0 Management Agent
  28. SQL Server 2012 Enterprise TLG published
  29. Three-tier farm SharePoint Server 2010 TLG published
  30. Single-server SharePoint Server 2010 TLG published
  31. The new wave of TLGs for Windows Server "8" Beta!
  32. Updates to the Demonstrate IPv6 TLG and addressing guidelines for the Contoso Corporation
  33. TLGs: The gathering storm...

2011 31

  1. New IPv6 Test Lab Guide extension: Demonstrating DNS Zone Transfers over IPv6
  2. Introducing Test Lab Guide Mini-Modules
  3. Test Lab Guide integration with core product documentation
  4. Test Lab Guides as a key element of Learning Roadmaps
  5. Contributing to TLGs Part 5: Creating or contributing to an "experiences in the test lab" TechNet Wiki topic
  6. TLGs: Get your stack on!
  7. Contributing to TLGs Part 4: Writing a troubleshooting scenario
  8. FIM 2010 and FIM 2010 CM Test Lab portal page published!
  9. A plethora of new FIM 2010 TLGs from super-writer Bill Mathers!
  10. "Windows Server: The Power of Integration" TechNet Magazine article highlights the value of Test Lab Guides
  11. TMG Core Test Lab published by MVP Deb Shinder!
  12. Test Lab Guide: Install Configuration Manager 2007 (community authored)
  13. "Community Test Lab Guide - Demonstrate Windows Server 2008 R2 VPN Reconnect" published by MVP Deb Shinder!
  14. IPv6 Test Lab Extension: Demonstrating an IPv6-only Environment
  15. Contributing to TLGs Part 3: Writing a troubleshooting TLG
  16. IPv6 Test Lab Extension: Demonstrating DHCPv6
  17. New "Test Lab Guides in Development" section added to the main Test Lab Guides Wiki topic
  18. IPv6 Test Lab portal page published
  19. CMAK Test Lab Extension and VPN Remote Access Portal page published
  20. Remote Access VPN Test Lab Extension: Adding IPv6 Connectivity
  21. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate NAP for Remote Access VPN
  22. Base Configuration Test Lab Guide updated
  23. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Remote Access VPNs, our first community-authored modular TLG!
  24. Test Lab Guide: System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1
  25. New Test Lab Guide FAQ published
  26. Contributing to TLGs Part 2: Writing a test lab extension
  27. Test Lab Guide: Deploy Windows Firewall with Advanced Security to Protect Network Communication to a Domain Controller
  28. 25 Test Lab Guides and counting...
  29. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate IPv6
  30. Contributing to TLGs Part 1: Writing your own modular TLG
  31. Award levels for Society of Technical Communication (STC) awards

2010 14

  1. Troubleshooting Test Lab Guides—What Do You Think?
  2. Test Lab Guides win two Society of Technical Communication (STC) awards!
  3. Test Lab Guide: Forefront Identity Manager 2010
  4. Test Lab Guide Virtualization Notes
  5. Test Lab Guide: Exchange Server 2010 with SP1
  6. Test Lab Guide: Fabrikam Base Configuration
  7. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess with Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP) and Remote Desktop Gateway (RDG) Now Available
  8. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG DirectAccess with SSTP
  9. Test Lab Guide: SQL Server 2008 R2
  10. DirectAccess Test Lab Guides Now Listed on Main TechNet DirectAccess Page
  11. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess Connectivity Assistant
  12. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate FIM CM 2010
  13. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess Force Tunneling
  14. Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate UAG SP1 RC DirectAccess with NAP Released