VS2008 Beta2 VPCs expiring prematurely
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
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Anonymous
October 25, 2007
Ouch, makes me glad I didn't use the VPCsAnonymous
October 25, 2007
Visual Studio 2008 B2 VPC from Microsoft to expire Nov 1stAnonymous
October 25, 2007
If you have downloaded the VS2008 Beta2 VPC from MSDN you need to be aware that this VPC is due to expireAnonymous
October 25, 2007
La Virtual Machine di VS2008 Beta 2 scadrAnonymous
October 25, 2007
Orcas Beta 2 VPC expiration in a weekAnonymous
October 25, 2007
Buenas si como yo, utilizas las VPC con Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 que están disponibles para su descargaAnonymous
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
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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 seAnonymous
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 סביבתAnonymous
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, jeffAnonymous
October 26, 2007
If you are using the VPC provided by Microsoft to evaluation Visual Studio and Team Foundation ServerAnonymous
October 26, 2007
I use one of the Beta 2 VPC's regularly, and so I was interested to learn that it will expire prematurelyAnonymous
October 26, 2007
I just read a post stating that the Visual Studio 2008 VPCs are expiring on November 1st, 2007. It isAnonymous
October 26, 2007
From Jeff Beehler, something to be aware of , particularly if you're using Team Foundationation ServerAnonymous
October 26, 2007
In case you use VS2008 Beta 2 VPS, you should note that Visual Studio 2008 VPCs are expiring on NovemberAnonymous
October 26, 2007
  "We recently discovered that the VPCs we distributed as part of the VS2008 Beta2 releaseAnonymous
October 26, 2007
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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, jeffAnonymous
October 27, 2007
Jeff Beehler blogs here and here that the Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 VPCs are prematurely expiring onAnonymous
October 27, 2007
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October 28, 2007
Ceux qui ont appris que les machines virtuelles Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 allaient expirer prématuremmentAnonymous
October 28, 2007
We interrupt this blog for an important public service announcement. Microsoft has been telling folksAnonymous
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 prematurelyAnonymous
October 28, 2007
VS 2008 Beta 2 VPC expiring prematurelyAnonymous
October 28, 2007
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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.aspxAnonymous
October 29, 2007
In case you haven't seen this news from last Friday, the TFS Beta 2 Virtual PC images have an operatingAnonymous
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 expireAnonymous
October 30, 2007
Trick! We recently discovered that the VPCs we distributed as part of the VS2008 Beta2 release will expire