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VS2008 VPC’s Are Expiring Prematurely on Nov 1st

VS2008 Beta2 virtual PCs are set to expire prematurely on Nov 1, 2007 due to an OS timeout. Back up your TFS database before it happens.

Donn Felker

Donn Felker

2007.10.27 · 1 min read

expiredReading Jeff Beehler’s blog posted a thread here stating that the VS2008 VPC’s are going to  terminate prematurely because of an OS expiration date of Nov 1st 2007.

If you’re using any of the VS2008 VPC’s you’ll want to read this. You’re going to have to back up your TFS database, and then restore it into a new VPC that is being created as we speak and is expected to be live early next week.

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Donn Felker

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I've spent 25+ years shipping software, writing books, and running my own companies. I write about thinking clearly, working for yourself, and doing real work while AI rewrites the rules. New essays land here every week.

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