Creating a Virtual Box VM

Note: This is part of a series on SQL Server 2014 In Memory. Start here

Download VirtualBox from the Oracle site (Note I am assuming you are still oldschool and use Windows, so everything that follows is verified on Windows)

The version I downloaded was 4.2.18.

I always unblock the software I download:

Install the VirtualBox software.

Create a New VM and follow the various prompts (select default options on almost all screens).

Select a suitable size for memory; I suggest 4GB if you have 8 GB or more.

When you start the newly created VM, you should see a screen like below. Which means you have to download Windows Server 2012 R2. More on that in the next post.