Testing the basic Virtual Machine Networks

Now that all of the building blocks are in place, it is time to deploy two VMs—one into Tenant A's VM Network and one into Tenant B's VM Network. Once this is complete, another VM will be deployed for further testing.

The following diagram shows how the VMs will be connected to the network:

Getting ready

You will need to have a VM Template set up that is not connected to any VM Network in the template, this can then be assigned during deployment.

Please visit http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/hh427282.aspx for information on how to create a VM template.

The operating system used for all VMs in this cookbook is Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with a GUI and they only have a single Network Adapter. Please see Appendix, VM Templates, for detailed information on the VM template used.

How to do it…

The following diagram shows you the high-level steps involved in this recipe:

This will result in three VMs deployed, two in one...