At 100%, the server rebooted.

Check the old FTP archive. Path: /legacy/iso/win_server_2019/

Inside, on a spindle, were a dozen DVDs in paper sleeves. She flipped through them. Exchange 2013. SQL 2016. Windows 7 SP1.

Back at her workstation, Marta opened her browser. She navigated to the Visual Studio Subscriptions portal—formerly MSDN. Her fingers hovered over the keyboard. She had the correct login, the correct entitlement.