Well those are GREAT news indeed.
I don’t know what kind of VMWare distrubution was made, if Linux ( Ubuntu, Suse?) or Windows based. Depending the OS you might get Designer/Developer (Windows only).
I assume they should have attach some document or PDF along with the image explaining how to start services.
This kind of images tend to have local copies of services, to let you play with them. Probably you must have some “Startup” folder with icons to start the different servers ( If Windows you can check services starting with “Software AG " or "webMethods”.
If for any bad luck the IS is on a remote host, you will be very limited to the permissions they granted for you.
In which country is your university located? 
Hope this helps.
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