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This is an awesome resource that a colleague pointed me to several months back.
It allows you to run any of Microsoft's key platforms and applications in a sandboxed
environment. Want to play with BizTalk 2006, Sql Server 2005 or Visual Studio
2005? It's all there - and no need to install any software (and trash your system
with Beta releases). You can login to their demo servers, and they'll setup
a sandbox for you to play with for a fixed amount of time (normally 1.5 to 3 hours).
They also have tons of labs setup to help you explore the software. Learn how
to secure Web Services, write tests for Team System, create BizTalk orchestrations,
harden Windows 2003, etc. Oh, and it's FREE.
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