BI VPC 6.0 Download Page Removed

Few days back I noticed that the download page for Business Intelligence VPC Release 6.0 Download has been removed from Microsoft web site.

However I found a blog by Mike Glaser where we have direct link to the downloadable files.

http://bloggingabout.net/blogs/mglaser/archive/2008/06/02/business-intelligence-vpc-release-6.aspx

The total download is about 5GB and Administrator password is pass@word1

This VPC should only be used for testing, learning, evaluation or demo purpose only as it will expire on 18th Sep 2009.

I read somewhere that "All Up BI VPC 7.0" has also been released but have no information on when it will be available for download. I would appreciate anyone having that information to notify all of us.

Also not sure how many people got chance to download the BI VPC 6.0. There are some good documents related to:

• Associations
• Allocation Rules
• IC Reconciliation
• Consolidation Without Shares

I would post the content of each of these documents as separate blog posts for the people who don't have the BI VPC 6.0.

Also I am in the process of writing a blog post on Currency Conversion that I will be posting soon.