At The PC Support Group, we subscribe to the Microsoft Action Pack (MAP) because this gives us use of a lot of the Microsoft products for a simple yearly subscription. To qualify you need to pass a short technical test to prove that you're a competent Microsoft reseller and then you pay your subscription. The MAP software although extensive is perhaps not all the software that you may need. Recently I needed to download Windows Home Server 2011 and found that only WHS 2008 was available through the MAP. Then I discovered that the software was available through a Technet subscription. Thankfully this is included now as part of the MAP benefits the tricky part is figuring out how to link the subscriptions.
Thanks to this Blog (http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/05/24/technet-plus-now-part-of-action-pack.aspx) I was able to access Technet fairly quickly.
It is worth noting the differences in the terms of use, the Technet software is available as trial editions, whereas the MAP software is available for internal use. It may nevertheless be just what you need, as it was for me on this occasion.
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