In a recent class I was teaching on Server 2008, one of my students kindly alerted me to a TechNet resource I hadn’t yet experienced: the virtual labs.

TechNet Plus 2.0, however, is a different breed. This iteration brings you full versions of all software in the Microsoft Windows operating system, Office system, and Windows Server system product ...

* Microsoft’s Technet is the sponsor of TechNet Virtual Lab, where the very newest technologies can be experimented with, but without risking your network.