Step- By-Step Guide to Installing Hyper-V on Windows 8.1 Preview
Part 1 Installing Hyper-V Role on Windows Server 2012 Enterprise Edition
Caution:
Hyper-V only works if your
BIOS/hardware/CPU supports vitalization.
If
your CPU is either an Intel Core i7 or Core i5 then it is supported. Not all AMD
chips are, so make sure you ask your sells rep before you purchase.
1.
First, this setup is “relatively
simple” because I chose a particular setup and I repeat it often. I run SharePoint
2010 and SharePoint 2013 using Windows 8.1 laptop with a Wi-Fi Internet
Connection. I install Hyper-V virtual machine in a single-server farm with SQL Server and the
domain controller role on the same virtual machine. This means I can export the
VM, import into a different Hyper-V instance and it all just works. Because the
whole setup is self-contained, it only requires an Internet access to setup.
Once setup is complete, it doesn’t require Internet access to operate. This is great
for demos, webinars, conference sessions and other presentations. However, this
is not the best practice for a production SharePoint install. For example, you
should not install SharePoint on a domain controller in Production.
2.
By request, here is the hardware
specs for my setup: Lenovo T410 with 6GB RAM and Intel Core i5-M 540 @
2.53 GHz. I’m allocating up to 4GB of RAM to the SharePoint VM, and 40 GB Hard
drive space for the VHD. For a developer machine, I would recommended you use at least 8 GB. I’m only using 4 GB now for this demo, but on my other laptop, I will
give it 8 GB.
3.
Install Windows 8.1 Preview. Once
you have Windows 8.1 installed, go to control panel, System, and then Check Windows Updates.
After updates finishes, reboot and now you are ready to proceed.
4.
To add the Hyper-V feature. Scroll
to the top or bottom corner on the right side to open the fly out menu and then
choose Settings > Control Panel > Programs and Features > Turn Windows
features on or off. Then check the box next to Hyper-V and install it. Don’t
worry about any of the other features I have installed, as I will go over these
later.
5.
Reboot your machine when prompted.
6.
Next open Hyper-V
Manager now. You will see it listed in the Start - > all Apps section in
windows 8.1. I right clicked on this icon and selected to pin to Start so it
would always appear. 7.
7.
Install Hyper-V
switch, select Internal
Note: this was
my biggest frustration with Microsoft since many blog posts and Hyper-V
documents want you to add a “External” switch for internet. I found this did
not work using a Wi-Fi laptop. I will show you the correct way to do this to
enable internet connection to the VM along and shared folder access to quickly
share files between your host laptop and virtual machine. For now just be
patient, I will go over these steps later for you.
8.
Create an internal Hyper-V
network, and give it an obvious name. Do not worry about the other settings you
see in the figure below. I will cover that later.
9.
