Exchange Server On Vm Servicing Host

[iainstott]

Hi guys, looking for a bit of advice, so i just splashed out on a technet subscription............ alot of money to mess about with software.

Anyway, i got server 2008 setup in VmWare, just playing around with network infrastructure and active directory before i start college next week.

Now what i was wondering was, if it was possible to setup exchange server on the VM and use outlook on the host to retrieve e-mails.

Bit of a complicated, wierd an probably inefficient setup, but am just looking to learn everythin, and while im saving up for my own server thought i'd do a bit of research.

An while were on the subject, can i get my server setup in vmware and then image it onto the server when i buy it???

Many thanks guys

Iain