Problem
Now that public preview of SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.1 is out (Community Technical Preview), you have desire to test it in a lab. But don’t know where and how to start. You might think that Azure is the only place where it can be tested, or that you need a license either for Windows Server or SQL Server. Or that it is otherwise too complicated to bother.
Solution
There is an easier way. We can create a Hyper-V virtual machine on your laptop or PC and install an evaluation edition of the Windows Server 2025 as well as