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Previously I wrote a step by step guide on how you can run AX2012 HyperV on your local machine. Today a friend of mine suggested an alternative way to run it. With the new laptops that have hardware virtualization enabled, you can set up a boot from VHD. I won't write a step by step for this but you can google and find a lot of information. You can use BCDEdit  How to Boot from a VHD - TechNet Articles - Home - TechNet Wiki Another link or Windows2008 Install disc Dual booting Windows Server 2008 R2 with Windows 7 using VHD booting | microsoftNOW to set this up. Now the only limitation I can see is the AX2012 image comes with 3 VHDs but this boot from VHD allows you to select a single VHD (OS VHD). What I have done to come around this is setup the boot for the 1st VHD. Then attach the other 2 VHDs as disks in "Computer Management"-> "Disk Management". Start your services after you have attached. This seems to work. Only issue I found is, I have to a...

In my last post " How to run AX2012 HyperV on Virtualbox (Step by step guide) " I wrote how you can run a HyperV image using Virtualbox. If these steps don't work for you, there are a few things to check: 1. Mount the vhd disks using IDE controllers. Not SATA, which is the VirtualBox default if you use the wizard. Follow instruction below exactly– don’t make the mistake of clicking next -> next. Wizard will set it up as SATA controllers. 2. Hardware virtualization must be turned on your PC/Laptop. This is a BIOS setting. Have a look at this link as it may assist. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/configure-bios.aspx You may want to run  Microsoft® Hardware-Assisted Virtualization Detection Tool  to check if it is enabled. You should get a message like this: 3. Lastly, Hardware virtualization may not work if you computer has gone into hibernation or sleep mode. You have to reboot your machine.

1. Go to http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads     Download virtual box and the extension pack. 2. Once you have installed, create a new virtual machine. 3. Select Windows 2008 64bit 4. Allocate a good portion of memory (4GB recommended) 6. Un-tick the boot Hard Disk. Add disks manual after the wizard is finished. 6. Click on your new virtual image settings 7. Navigate to Storage Add hard disks by clicking the disk icon – then “Choose existing disk” Repeat this step for all 3 vhd files. ·          AX5-W8R2-01.vhd ·          AX5-W8R2-01_DB.vhd ·          AX5-W8R2-01_PF.vhd 8. After you have finished. Settings should look like this: 9. Start your image   Configure sharepoint   After you have managed to get it to start, there are a couple other things to be aware of: 1. Start the AOS by going to the windows services and start manua...