Proof of Concept 1. How to Create a Virtual Machine Template. You can use the following procedure to create a virtual machine template in Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Virtual machine templates help you create new virtual machines and configure tiers in a service template. For more information about service templates, see Creating Service Templates in VMM. You can create a virtual machine template based on an existing virtual machine template or based on an existing virtual hard disk that is stored in a library.
Alternatively, you can create a virtual machine template based on an existing virtual machine that is deployed on a host. This option requires that the existing machine has been stopped. If you base your new virtual machine template on an existing virtual machine template or on a virtual hard disk that is stored in the library, you can configure hardware settings, guest operating system settings, application installations, and the installation of instances of Microsoft SQL Server. Open the Library workspace. See Also. Install and Deploy Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2012. Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor.
vSphere Documentation Center. Install Hyper-V and Configure a Virtual Machine. Updated: August 19, 2014 Applies To: Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 This content shows you how to install the Hyper-V role on a computer running Windows Server® 2012. It also provides basic instructions for creating and configuring a virtual machine after Hyper-V is installed. It doesn’t provide configuration instructions for specific usage scenarios, such as configuring Hyper-V to use scale-out file servers. Instead, it provides links to other documents that provide those instructions, when available. In this document Before you attempt to install Hyper-V, make sure that you have the following: A user account with administrator permissions for the computer.
Install Hyper-V so you can create and run virtual machines on this computer. In Server Manager, on the Manage menu, click Add Roles and Features. In the Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features. Do one of the following to open a Windows PowerShell session with elevated user rights.