MSDNAA AND YOUTHE BASICS FOR GETTING THE SOFTWARE YOU NEED ON YOUR COMPUTER

REQUIRED IS PROGRAM SOFTWARE

• Microsoft Visio• Microsoft Project• Visual Studio• Windows 7, 8 or 10• Oracle Virtual Box (if on a Mac)

MINIMUM HARDWARE RECOMMENDATIONS• At least 80 GB of overall HDD Space (30 GB free) • No less than 4GB of RAM on Windows, or 8GB of RAM on

OSX*• *Macintosh computers must be virtualized and require more RAM

• An i5 processor or greater, OR AMD processor of equivalent power

GETTING INTO MSDNAAISYADMIN.ISY.VCU.EDU

GETTING INTO MSDNAA - 2ISYADMIN.ISY.VCU.EDU

DOWNLOADING YOUR SOFTWARE

SECURE DOWNLOAD MANAGER

• In some cases, you will need to download the MS secure download manager beforedownloading your file• MS appears to be moving away from

this format• Download and run the SDM file after

the secure download manager is installed

MOUNTING AN .ISO (WINDOWS 7)

• Windows 8 and 10 include mounting software by default • Virtual Clone Drive is recommended

for Windows 7 users• www.elby.ch/en/products/vcd.html

• Right click the ISO file and Open with Virtual Clone Drive• Windows 8 and 10 users may double click

or right click and select ‘Mount’ without downloading VCD

INSTALL YOUR SOFTWARE

• Doubleclick softwarename.exe or setup.exe• In some cases, you will need to go to a x64 (64bit) or x86 (32bit)

folder and run setup.exe from there• For Project and Visio, choose the system architecture that matches

your version of MS Office. For example if you have x86 Office installed, you must install x86 Viso and Project, even if your computer runs x64 architecture.

VIRTUAL BOX FOR OSX• VirtualBox will allow Macintosh

users to run Windows 10• Download Windows 10 off of

MSDNAA• Download Oracle VirtualBox

• https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads Choose ‘OS X hosts’

• Install the software and open it

• Select ‘NEW’

VIRTUAL BOX CONTINUED

• Fill out the name and version of your VM• Allocate at least 4GB

(4096MB) of RAM• Allocate at least 30GB of

HDD space

INSTALLING WINDOWS 10• Browse for your Windows 10 .ISO

file• Have your product key ready

(available on MSDNAA Orders page)

• Go through normal Windows 10 install process

CONGRATS YOU HAVE A VM

• Download and install your Microsoft Software in your virtual machine using the steps noted earlier in the presentation• For information on how to enhance your VM with fluid

screens, shared folders, and more check out the full tutorial on the ISY Wiki:• http://isy1.isy.vcu.edu/~jessi/VM%20Tutorial.pdf

THE NETWORK TECHNICIANS WILL NOW PROVIDE PERSONALIZED SUPPORT

Please feel free to ask them any questions!