Helpful tips on create a SharePoint 2013 Virtual Machine with Windows Server 2012 R2 with Update

1. How to solve AppFabric Server installation error.

you can resolve by modifying the PSModulePath environment variable manually in Control Panel->System->Advanced System Settings->Advanced tab->Environment Variables->system variables. then remove the double quotation.

2. How to fix Application Server Role, Web Server(IIS) Role Configruation error.

go to windows\system32 directory.
then just make duplication for the servermanager.exe and then rename to servermanagercmd.exe

Share Folders not Found in VirtualBox VM

I just create a new VM for Visual Studio 14 CTP Testing. I try  to load the Visual Studio CTP from the share folder in my local machine.

when i open the windows explorer, but i can not find the folder that i had configure as the share folder.




the trick is that i must have the VBoxGuestAddtions installed inside the VM, then reboot the VM to get access to the share folder






you can use the folllowing link to download the ISO file

http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.3.8/VBoxGuestAdditions_4.3.8.iso