- Download the ISO image for Visual Studio license through UIC's WebStore.
- Copy the Visual Studio license in a safe place.
- Download the ISO for Windows Server 2012 R2.
- Save its keys to a safe place.
- Download and install VirtualBox for OS X hosts.
- Launch Virtual Box.
- Click the New button to create a new virtual host.
- Enter a name and select "Windows 2012" as the version for the host. Configure at least 2GB of RAM.
- Click Create and select your Windows Server ISO file as the File location.
- Click Create.
- Run the new virtual host. You will be asked to install Windows.
- Click Devices --> Insert Guest Additions CD image.
- Run VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe from the CD image.
- Click Devices --> Shared Folders --> Shared Folder Settings and share the folders you stored the Visual Studio ISO and our Git repo.
- Reboot your virtual host.
- On the virtual host, install MagicISO.
- Use MagicISO to open the VisualStudio ISO and install VisualStudio from it.
- Open the .dsp files from our repo in VisualStudio.
- Figure out why none of them will build.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Visual Studio, ho!
Here are the steps I took to get Visual Studio working on my Mac (a puny MacBook Air to be specific):
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