


This decision has no impact on the process, but keep in mind this cannot be changed after deployment. When creating the VM and specifying a name and location, leaving the “Store the virtual machine in a different location” box unchecked will store the VM configuration and VHD files in the configured location in the “Hyper-V Server settings.” To select a different location, check this box and you will be prompted to specify locations for files in the next screens.

In this blog, I’ll be showing you how to manually create a new VM in Hyper-V, prepare the VM after imaging and then export/import as a template on Hyper-V 2016 Preview, with a Server 2012 R2 DataCenter VM. You can set up hyper-V templates pre-installed with applications and Windows features just as a WDS or PXE image would provide a consistent configuration for every deployment. Creating a Hyper-V template to quickly deploy new VMs can save time on spin up and updating.
