How To Create A Windows Server 2019 OS In Hyper V

Introduction

In this article, I going to show you how to create a Windows 2019 server O/S as a virtual machine in Hyper-V Manager. In this method, you can easily understand that you can add your server operating systems into Windows Hyper-V Manager as a virtual machine. Before that, we need Windows Server 2019 operating system iso. You can directly download it from the Microsoft website, here I attached that link also.

ISO file download link: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2019

Create A Windows Server 2019 OS In Hyper V

Step 1. Open your hyper v manager and click new, then virtual machine.

Step 2. Click next.

Step 3. In this part you can give a name for your server and also save this virtual machine as a different location after that click next.

Step 4. Select Generation 02 (This selection is based on what kind of architecture ISO image you are going to use 64-bit or 32-bit). After that, click next.

Step 5. Give the startup memory you want based on your PC requirement always click “Use Dynamic Memory Option” and after that click next.

Step 6. Select your virtual switch (If you want to know how to create a virtual switch, please find my article How to Create Virtual Switch in Hyper–V Manager (c-sharpcorner.com) article) after clicking next.

Step 7. In this step, you can customize your Windows server virtual machine’s hard disk space and location. After that, click next.

Step 8. Select “Install and operating system from bootable image file” and locate your downloaded ISO file. After that, click next.

Step 9. Here you can see your virtual machine name, generation, and all details about the virtual machine after clicking finish.

Step 10. After that double click on your created virtual machine.

Step 11. Click start. After that your virtual machine prepares itself for OS installation.

Step 12. After that, press any key from your keyboard for the Windows Server 2019 booting.

Step 13. Now, you can install your Windows Server 2019 as you want by clicking next.

Conclusion

In this article, we can clearly learn how to create a Windows Server 2019 OS in Hyper-V Manager. if there is clarification regarding this topic feel free to contact me.