Installing and running Hyper-V from a USB stick

Hyper-V Server is the free version of Hyper-V and it offers almost all the components and features that are available in Windows Server with Hyper-V. It is a Windows version containing only the Hyper-V Failover Cluster and it has to be installed as any other Windows Server on the local hard disk. What if you could run Hyper-V Server from a USB stick, allowing you to take it wherever you go in your pocket, making your Hyper-V available on any computer through a USB boot? It will come in very handy when you need a Hyper-V ready for a test environment or even just to run your virtual machines and bring all of them with you on a USB stick. In this recipe, you will see what you need and how to enable the Hyper-V Server to be installed and made available from the USB stick.

Getting ready

To run Hyper-V from the USB stick, you need at least an 8 GB flash drive. The computer which is to run the Hyper-V needs to support boot from USB and the Hyper-V pre...