Visual Upgrade in SharePoint 2010 for a Standalone server and Server farm

Visual Upgrade in SharePoint 2010 for a standalone server and server farm options differ when you do perform in-place upgrade,

1) If its an in-place upgrade for a Standalone Server, the SharePoint Products Configuration wizard doesn't provide the visual upgrade feature. you can avail of this feature only using Psconfig command-line tool to perform the upgrade.

psconfig.exe -cmd upgrade [-preserveolduserexperience ]

2) If its for a Server Farm, you can activate a visual upgrade option by using the visual upgrade page of the SharePoint Products Configuration Wizard.

Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v2.0

The Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 Administration Toolkit contains functionality to help administer and manage Microsoft® SharePoint® Foundation 2010 and Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010.


Link to Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Administration Toolkit v2.0

SharePoint 2010 VHD

Wondering what to do with SharePoint installation and setting up,
here is link to the SharePoint 2010 VHD