Ok, so this is old news.  MSDN Subscriptions has a pre-built Virtual Machine for Visual Studio 2005 Team System.  (Shazam! as Davo would say). 

Anyway it may be old news, but it’s GREAT news.  I’m hoping it’s a sign of some bigger things to come for Microsoft IT Pro and Developer Communities  Sure it’s only for the Developer crowd at the moment, but who knows.  Maybe soon we’ll be able to collaborate an built awesome VMs that we can share within the confines of our MSDN or TechNet subscription — what an amazing enabler that would be

The VMware community have really got behind their Virtual Appliances, and the results are amazing — check it out.

So if the Microsoft Fairy God Mother is still listening, thankyou.  Bring on the Virtual Machine lovin’