Downloading software
We will use VMware Player, a free virtual machine application, and the trial versions for Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2014, Windows Management Framework, and optionally Visual Studio 2010:
- Download and install VMware player from http://www.vmware.com/products/player/. You can find the VMWare player documentation at http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/player_pubs.html.
- Download the Windows Server 2012 R2 trial version ISO file (or if you have a licensed copy, use that) from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012-r2.
- Download the SQL Server 2014 trial version ISO file (or if you have a licensed copy, use that) from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-sql-server-2014.
- Download the Windows Management Framework 5. At the time of writing this book, Windows Management Framework 5 Preview April 2015 is available at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=46889.
- Download SQL Server Data Tools and SQL Server Data...