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VS2008 Beta2 VPCs expiring prematurely

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We recently discovered that the VPCs we distributed as part of the VS2008 Beta2 release will expire on Thursday, November 1, 2007, much earlier than we had originally expected.  Since the timeout is at the OS level, we cannot automatically extend the timeout period.  As such we are currently in the process of reissuing the VPCs and expect to make them available early next week.

In the meantime, for anyone that has stored information in TFS that they need to access moving forward, we recommend that you immediately backup the TFS databases in preparation to move them to the updated VPCs.  For information to complete these steps, please refer to the documentation on Moving Team Foundation Server.

We're still working on additional guidance to respond to this situation.  As more information becomes available, I'll post it here. 

Update  - please see my latest post on this topic:  https://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe/archive/2007/10/27/update-on-expiring-vs2008-beta2-vpcs.aspx

Comments

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    Ouch, makes me glad I didn't use the VPCs

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    Visual Studio 2008 B2 VPC from Microsoft to expire Nov 1st

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    If you have downloaded the VS2008 Beta2 VPC from MSDN you need to be aware that this VPC is due to expire

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    La Virtual Machine di VS2008 Beta 2 scadr

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    Orcas Beta 2 VPC expiration in a week

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    Buenas si como yo, utilizas las VPC con Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 que están disponibles para su descarga

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    VS 2008 VPCs will expire (prematurely) on Nov 1st 2007. This is much earlier than expected/intended.

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    VS 2008 VPCs will expire (prematurely) on Nov 1st 2007. This is much earlier than expected/intended.

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    Why not release VS2008 RTM instead?

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2007
    You can't be serious? Do you know how much money/time it takes to set up a dev env for a team of developers? Is Microsoft (who had a US$5.92Bn profit in the past ninty days) going to send its staff around to early adopter customers to do this free of charge, or else pay its customers to do the work? Guess not, but at least you could think what to do to make it less of a disaster.... One suggestion would be to release the new VPC with Visual Studio 2008 RC. This is available to some folks outside Redmond - why not open it up a bit more. At least then people - your customers - who have to go to all this effort of re-installing get something in return - turning a terrible mistake into a good thing. It is a bit silly releasing beta 2 bits that are months old when a better/more up to date build, RC, is ready. It would mean the RC bits would get much better testing - and when RTM arrives it is of a better quality (we do remember the quality problems with VS2005 RTM, and no one wants to see a repeat of that).

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    Según lo que dice esta nota las Virtual PC de VS2008están expirando antes de lo pensado. Por lo que se

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    Jeff Beehler on Check out the new Tester Center on MSDN and VS2008 Beta2 VPCs expiring prematurely. Martin...

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    מאז משיקה מיקרוסופט את מוצרי הפיתוח שלה יחד עם מערכות וירטואליות הרבה יותר נוח להשתמש בהם. כאשר סביבת

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    Hi Jeff, I wonder whether is possible simply to update the virtual machine OS to a regular version.

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    Hi Jeff, I wonder whether is possible simply to update the virtual machine OS to a regular version.

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    Moreno - This is an option I am actively investigating.  My understanding is that you can upgrade a trial version of Windows Server 2003 if you have the proper license.  Before I broadly recommend doing this, I want to try it out myself so I have confidence in the solution.  If it works, this might be the best solution for many.   Stay tuned.   Thanks, jeff

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    If you are using the VPC provided by Microsoft to evaluation Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    I use one of the Beta 2 VPC's regularly, and so I was interested to learn that it will expire prematurely

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    I just read a post stating that the Visual Studio 2008 VPCs are expiring on November 1st, 2007. It is

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    From Jeff Beehler, something to be aware of , particularly if you're using Team Foundationation Server

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    In case you use VS2008 Beta 2 VPS, you should note that Visual Studio 2008 VPCs are expiring on November

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
      "We recently discovered that the VPCs we distributed as part of the VS2008 Beta2 release

  • Anonymous
    October 26, 2007
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 27, 2007
    It is possible to upgrade the VPC server licenses so if you have a MSDN subscriptions, you should be able disable the timeout by installing a fully licensed version of Windows Server.  Read more here: http://blogs.msdn.com/jeffbe/archive/2007/10/27/update-on-expiring-vs2008-beta2-vpcs.aspx. Thanks, jeff

  • Anonymous
    October 27, 2007
    Jeff Beehler blogs here and here that the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs are prematurely expiring on

  • Anonymous
    October 27, 2007
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 28, 2007
    Ceux qui ont appris que les machines virtuelles Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 allaient expirer prématuremment

  • Anonymous
    October 28, 2007
    We interrupt this blog for an important public service announcement. Microsoft has been telling folks

  • Anonymous
    October 28, 2007
    色々なところで出ていました。 Update on expiring VS2008 Beta2 VPCs VS2008 Beta2 VPCs expiring prematurely

  • Anonymous
    October 28, 2007
    VS 2008 Beta 2 VPC expiring prematurely

  • Anonymous
    October 28, 2007
    The comment has been removed

  • Anonymous
    October 29, 2007
    Jeff, Please check this to see if it's a global solution to the problem: http://altinoren.com/PermaLink,guid,7c26bba3-f2ed-4aaf-a883-c368e1ab4a7a.aspx

  • Anonymous
    October 29, 2007
    In case you haven't seen this news from last Friday, the TFS Beta 2 Virtual PC images have an operating

  • Anonymous
    October 29, 2007
    Gokhan - I would strongly advise against changing the system time on the VPC if you're using TFS as TFS counts on time always moving forward.  You cannot make a check in or save a work item with an earlier date than the last one for obvious reasons.  So, if you're using the VPC in production, you could get yourself into a situation where you can't check in which would obviously be problematic.

  • Anonymous
    October 30, 2007
    Trick! We recently discovered that the VPCs we distributed as part of the VS2008 Beta2 release will expire

  • Anonymous
    October 30, 2007
    Trick! We recently discovered that the VPCs we distributed as part of the VS2008 Beta2 release will expire