🚀 Azure Hyper-V Lab
Welcome to the Azure Hyper-V Lab! This project provides an Azure IaaS VM Deployment Template for Windows Server 2025 Datacenter Edition with the Hyper-V Role enabled. Whether you’re experimenting, learning, developing proofs of concept, or setting up a staging environment, this template simplifies the process and empowers you to leverage Hyper-V in Azure.
🌟 What’s Included?
Infrastructure:
- Virtual Network (VNet) with a single Subnet
- Static Public IP (Standard SKU)
- Network Security Group (NSG) configured for Remote Desktop access
- Virtual Machine with Nested Virtualization capabilities (Learn more)
- Premium SSD Disks:
- 127GB for the Operating System
- 512GB for storing Virtual Machines
Server Roles:
- Hyper-V
- DHCP Server
- RSAT Tools
- Containers
Pre-Installed Software:
- Azure Az PowerShell Module
- Azure CLI
- Azure Storage Explorer
- AzCopy Utility
- PowerShell Core
- Windows Admin Center
- 7-Zip
- Chocolatey Package Manager
- Evaluation copy of Windows Server 2025
🚀 Get Started
1. Deploy the Template
Click the button below to deploy the template directly in the Azure Portal:
Provide the necessary details in the Azure Portal.
3. Sit Back and Relax ☕
The deployment takes approximately 30 minutes.
4. Connect to Your Hyper-V VM
Use Remote Desktop to connect to the newly deployed VM.
5. Manage Hyper-V Server
Start managing Hyper-V using Hyper-V Manager or Windows Admin Center.
6. Spin up Guest OS
Start creating Windows Server 2025 Guest OSes using the ISO file stored under F:\VMS\ISO.
📝 General Notes
- A wide range of VM sizes is pre-configured in the template to avoid deployment errors.
- The VM uses Azure Spot Instances with an eviction policy set to
deallocate.
- Use the Microsoft Evaluation Center desktop shortcut to evaluate Microsoft software and operating systems.
- Learn how to deploy VMs using Azure Marketplace Images on my blog.
- Default Paths:
- VM configuration files:
F:\VMS
- VM disks:
F:\VMS\Disks
- Enhanced Session Mode is enabled.
- A DHCP Scope is configured to provide network addressing for VMs.
- An Internal Hyper-V Switch with NAT enabled is included.
- The data disk (
Volume F) is formatted with ReFS and a unit size of 64KB.
- Both JSON and Bicep Templates are available in this repository.
- Configuration Files:
📚 Learn More About Hyper-V
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