Abstract: The invention relates to a virtual microscope system consisting of digital image data (31) of a preparation which is scanned image capture system with predefined magnification and a predefined detail or otherwise imported; a server system (2) with software (231) for generating a virtual profile (212) of the preparation from the digital image data (31) of the preparation which is provided by the image capture system or otherwise imported; software (232) for image processing of the virtual profile (212) and a storage device (21) which is used to store the virtual profile (212) in a case data bank (222); and at least one client system (1) with application software (11) for the representation of data of a selective virtual profile (212) from the case data bank (222) which can be selected by a user (13).