{"id":1334,"date":"2013-06-27T05:30:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T05:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2018-09-06T23:16:00","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:16:00","slug":"how-to-create-a-virtual-machine-in-hyper-v-on-windows-server-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Windows-Server-2008-Hyper-V-logo-v_2\" alt=\"Windows-Server-2008-Hyper-V-logo-v_2\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Windows-Server-2008-Hyper-V-logo-v_22.png\" width=\"656\" height=\"285\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you have Hyper-V installed the first thing you are going to want to do is start creating virtual machines. The process is mostly a next, next, finish matter, but just incase you are unsure, here\u2019s a quick start-to-finish guide.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: this is part of our ongoing series teaching IT administration basics, and might not apply to everybody.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Creating Hyper-V Virtual Machines<\/h3>\n<p>To get started you will need to open the Hyper-V management console.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-110.png\" width=\"513\" height=\"487\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the right-hand panel, click on the new button and select Virtual Machine from the menu that appears.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-2\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-23.png\" width=\"555\" height=\"291\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now click next to skip past the Before You Begin section and give your virtual machine a name.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-4\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-46.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"481\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Assign the machine a static amount of RAM.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-5\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-510.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"481\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now choose a virtual network that you want to join your machine to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-6\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-67.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"481\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under most circumstances you will want to create a new VHD, however if you want to attach a previously created VHD it can be done now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-7\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-75.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"481\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have opted to install the OS that our virtual machine will be using from a ISO file on my hard drive but you could choose a number of different options including network-based installation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-8\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-82.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"481\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally click finish to create the machine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-9\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-93.png\" width=\"650\" height=\"481\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When the machine has been created you will be able to start it from the management console by right-clicking on it, from there you can go about installing the OS as you would on a normal machine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"sshot-10\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/sshot-103.png\" width=\"435\" height=\"162\" border=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>thanks,<\/p>\n<p>MSGeek<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you have Hyper-V installed the first thing you are going to want to do is start creating virtual machines. The process is mostly a next, next, finish matter, but just incase you are unsure, here\u2019s a quick start-to-finish guide. 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