How to create a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V

Here is a very quick guide of how to create a virtual machine in Hyper-V

• In the Hyper-V Manager, select New > Virtual Machine
• Choose a Name for your Server
• Choose a location for you Virtual Machine Config file

• Select Generation 1 – This is mainly for compatibility reasons

• Select the Amount of memory you want to assign to the server
• If you want dynamic memory (memory that expands and shrinks as the server demands) select that here also.

• Configure you network device from the drop-down menu. This will pick up your physical devices on your host hardware.

• Choose Create a virtual Hard Disk and select the location and size

• Next choose the media to install, in this example I am using a CentOS7 ISO image. Select the Install an Operating System from a bootable CD/DVD-ROM and then image file(iso)
• Select the image by pressing the browse button

• Now click Next and Finish and the VM will be created
• Highlight the server and click start to start the VM.