Create Virtual Machine with Hyper-V on Windows 10

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Learn how to create a virtual auto and install an operating system in your new virtual automobile. You will need an .iso file for the operating organization that you would like to run. If needed, take hold of an evaluation copy of Windows ten from the TechNet Evaluation Center.

Create a Virtual Machine with Hyper-V Manager

  1. Open up Hyper-Five Manager by either pressing the Window's key and typing "Hyper-V Manager" or by finding Hyper-5 Manager in your applications.

  2. In Hyper-Five Director, click Action > New > Virtual Motorcar to bring upward the New Virtual Machine Wizard.

  3. Review the 'Before You Brainstorm' content and click Next.

  4. Give the virtual car a name.

    Note: This is the name Hyper-V uses for the virtual machine, non the calculator name given to the invitee operating arrangement that will be deployed within the virtual machine.

  5. Cull a location where the virtual car files will exist stored such every bit c:\virtualmachine. You can also take the default location. Click Side by side when washed.

    Screenshot of the New Virtual Machine Wizard's Specify Name and Location tab with a focus on the Next option.

  6. Select a generation for the car and click Next.

    Generation 2 virtual machines were introduced with Windows Server 2012 R2 and provide a simplified virtual hardware model and some boosted functionality. Yous tin just install a 64-bit operating organisation on a Generation 2 virtual machine. For more information on Generation 2 virtual machines, run into the Generation 2 Virtual Machine Overview.

    If the new virtual machine is configured as Generation two and volition be running a Linux distribution, secure kick will need to be disabled. For more than information on secure kick, run across Secure Boot.

  7. Select 2048 MB for the Startup Memory value and exit Use Dynamic Memory selected. Click the Next button.

    Memory is shared betwixt a Hyper-Five host and the virtual car running on the host. The number of virtual machines that tin can run on a unmarried host is in part dependent on available retentivity. A virtual automobile can also be configured to apply Dynamic Memory. When enabled, dynamic retentivity reclaims unused memory from the running virtual machine. This allows more virtual machines to run on the host. For more information on Dynamic Memory, see the Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Overview.

  8. On the Configure Networking wizard, select a virtual switch for the virtual machine and click Next. For more data, see Create a Virtual Switch.

  9. Requite the virtual hard drive a name, select a location or proceed the default, and finally specify a size. Click Next when ready.

    A virtual hard bulldoze provides storage for a virtual machine similar to a physical hard drive. A virtual hard drive is required so that you can install an operating system on the virtual machine.

    Screenshot of the New Virtual Machine Wizard's Connect Virtual Hard Disk task, with the Create a virtual hard disk option being selected.

  10. On the Installation Options wizard, select Install an operating system from a bootable image file and then select an operating organisation .iso file. Click Adjacent once completed.

    When creating a virtual automobile, you lot can configure some operating organization installation options. The three options available are:

    • Install an operating organization afterward – this choice makes no boosted modification to the virtual car.

    • Install an operating arrangement from a bootable image file – this is similar to inserting a CD into the physical CD-ROM drive of a physical estimator. To configure this option, select a .iso prototype. This prototype will be mounted to the virtual CD-ROM bulldoze of the virtual machine. The boot order of the virtual machine is changed to kicking first from the CD-ROM drive.

    • Install an operating system from a network-based installation server – This option is non available unless you accept continued the virtual machine to a network switch. In this configuration, the virtual machine attempts to kick from the network.

  11. Review the virtual machine details and click Finish to complete the virtual machine creation.

Create a Virtual Machine with PowerShell

  1. Open up the PowerShell ISE as Ambassador.

  2. Run the following script.

              # Set VM Proper noun, Switch Name, and Installation Media Path. $VMName = 'TESTVM' $Switch = 'External VM Switch' $InstallMedia = 'C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\en_windows_10_enterprise_x64_dvd_6851151.iso'  # Create New Virtual Machine New-VM -Name $VMName -MemoryStartupBytes 2147483648 -Generation ii -NewVHDPath "D:\Virtual Machines\$VMName\$VMName.vhdx" -NewVHDSizeBytes 53687091200 -Path "D:\Virtual Machines\$VMName" -SwitchName $Switch  # Add together DVD Drive to Virtual Machine Add-VMScsiController -VMName $VMName Add-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName -ControllerNumber 1 -ControllerLocation 0 -Path $InstallMedia  # Mountain Installation Media $DVDDrive = Go-VMDvdDrive -VMName $VMName  # Configure Virtual Motorcar to Boot from DVD Set-VMFirmware -VMName $VMName -FirstBootDevice $DVDDrive

Consummate the Operating Organisation Deployment

In club to finish edifice your virtual machine, you demand to start the virtual machine and walk through the operating organisation installation.

  1. In Hyper-V Managing director, double-click on the virtual car. This launches the VMConnect tool.

  2. In VMConnect, click on the dark-green Start button. This is like pressing the power button on a physical computer. You may exist prompted to 'Press any key to kicking from CD or DVD'. Go ahead and do and then.

    Note: Yous may need to click inside the VMConnect window to ensure that your keystrokes are sent to the virtual machine.

  3. The virtual auto boots into setup and yous tin walk through the installation like you would on a concrete figurer.

Screenshot of a Virtual Machine Connection window, showing the virtual machine's Windows Setup installation screen.

Note: Unless you're running a book-licensed version of Windows, y'all need a separate license for Windows running inside a virtual machine. The virtual machine's operating organisation is independent of the host operating arrangement.