Appendix A. VM Templates

The recipes in this book use a simple Virtual Machine Template (VM Template). It was created using the Convert-WindowsImage.ps1 PowerShell script. This script can be downloaded from https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/scriptcenter/Convert-WindowsImageps1-0fe23a8f.

This script is capable of creating a VHDX file from a Windows Imaging File Format (WIM) file; the install.wim file was sourced from the Windows Server 2012 R2 ISO file.

The following screenshot shows how the VHDX file was created:

The VHDX file was added to a new Virtual Machine and the setup of Windows was completed. This gave a basic installation of Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard for the recipes in this book.