Usually focused entirely on creating VM installs for Configuration Manager, Johan Arwidmark, OS deployment extraordinaire and IT/Dev Connections speaker, has released a new Hydration Kit that provides a complete installation for the entire System Center 2012 R2 suite of products.
I knew he was working on something big over the weekend when I saw this tweet from him:
Seriously, DPM is the ONLY System Center team who cannot write a decent installer! Just saying... #RealWorldNote
— Johan Arwidmark (@jarwidmark) February 9, 2014
Here's what's included in this release:
- DC01 – Windows Server 2012 R2, DC, DHCP and DNS
- CM01 - Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012 SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager
- DPM01 - Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012 SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager
- MDT01 - Windows Server 2012 R2, WDS, SQL Server 2012 SP1 Express
- MDT02 - Windows Server 2012 R2, File Server
- OM01 - Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012 SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
- OR01 - Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012 SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator
- PC0001 - Windows 7 SP1 x64, domain Client
- PC0002 - Windows 8.1 x64, domain Client
- PC0003 - Windows 7 SP1 x64, domain Client
- PC0004 - Windows 7 SP1 x64, domain Client
- SM01 - Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012 SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
- VMM01 - Windows Server 2012 R2, SQL Server 2012 SP1, System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
The new release is available for direct download from his link: Download the Hydration Kit for System Center 2012 R2
However, you'll also want to read through Johan's instructions which include how to install and accumulating the prerequisites. It's a long, verbose post, so you'll probably want to consider printing it out.
Here's the instructions: The Hydration Kit for System Center 2012 R2 is available for download
What is a Hydration Kit?
A Hydration Kit is a download and a process for creating an entire Configuration Manager 2012 infrastructure in a Virtual Machine (VM). The VM runs on Hyper-V or VMware and allows admins to build a complete lab environment quickly. And, it's free. Johan delivers ConfigMgr training all over the world and the Hydration Kit allows him to build a training environment whenever a fresh set of training computers is needed. Johan is very community-minded, so he continues to provide his valuable Hydration Kit to the System Center community.