"Based on my slogan 'Keep It Smart and Simple (K.I.S.S.),' the planning phase is essential for a successful implementation of a Hyper-V environment."

Andreas Baumgarten – MVP System Center Cloud and Datacenter Management

This chapter provides an overview of how to automate the installation of the best practice Hyper-V host and its first running virtual machines. You will learn how to create unattended installations of Hyper-V with minimal effort. All the examples shown in this chapter are proven real-world best practice.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Planning the Hyper-V host
• Unattended installation of Hyper-V through XML files
• Rapid deployment of virtual machines