I may be asking in the wrong thread, but I am looking at studying for the server 2008 certification, and my question is what is the best way to obtain a copy of server 2008 to practice, and to work through the labs within the study material. Would I need to actually purchase the full version at full price?

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/CertGeneral/threads Goto that link and post your questions there for more active feedback. Always good to train, most decent training centers have good books, materials and eval copies of Windows Server that follow their courseware.

Hello, no need to buy the full versions, therefore use the trial one: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/trial-software.aspx Also see the following: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/bb291020Best regards Meinolf Weber Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties or guarantees , and confers no rights.