I look forward to seeing you on a SQL course in the near future. The course provides a classroom virtual machine (VM) for each attendee for the duration of the course. This will have everything installed and ready to go.
Here are the instructions how to connect to and use the VM. This will take about 30 to 40 minutes since you have to wait for VMs to start up and then for accounts to sign in.
In the joining instructions email, you will have received two things:
- The registration URL
- The VM password
Keep these handy
Open a browser, either Edge or Chrome, but not Internet Explorer, and paste in the registration link into the address bar. Sign in with the same credentials as the email address that you are using for the course.
You’ll see a page with a tile named “SDN Course Lab”, or similar, as in the picture below.
Click the slider at the bottom left of the “SDN Course Lab” tile to start the virtual machine. This will take about 10 minutes – grab yourself a coffee. The text to the right of the slider will firstly say “Starting…” then later “Running” as below.
Once the VM is running, click on the little screen icon at the bottom right of the tile and this will download a “RDP” file. Click on the RDP file.
If you see the message below, click Connect
This will bring up a “Enter your credentials” box for you to enter the password. Use the VM password as provided in the email. Do not share this password. Click on the “Remember Me” check box.
Click OK to connect to the VM
You may see this dialog – if so, click Yes
Your Windows VM will appear in a new window. The VM will take a few minutes to sign in so be patient. You’ll see a window like this and then you are good to go!
