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Step-By-Step: How to Create a Windows 11 VM on Hyper-V via PowerShell

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AnthonyBartolo
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Mar 02, 2023
As mentioned previously, Hyper-V is a virtualization technology that is not only useful for developers and IT administrators, but also for students. Using Hyper-V, students can install multiple opera...
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tbrentlong
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Oct 10, 2023

Thanks for the detailed instructions; however, as noted by many prior commenters, there are several issues with this walkthrough:

 

1. You have to mount the CD drive by pointing to the ISO, not the .wim file on the ISO.

2. It is unclear which credentials to enter when prompted.

3. In my case, I am seeing the following error when trying to connect:

Connect-VMMServer : The term 'Connect-VMMServer' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-VMMServer -ComputerName "localhost" -Credential (Get-Credenti ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Connect-VMMServer:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Can anyone respond to these points?