In this lab you will learn how to prepare MSLab to be able to setup labs. As result, you will have a folder with MSLab files (Domain Controller - ready to be imported, and three parent disks - Windows Server 2022 and Azure Stack HCI)
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Client or Server Operating System that supports Hyper-V (Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Pro or Windows Server)
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Hyper-V feature has to be enabled (tool will check it for you)
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at least 16GB RAM
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at least 100GB free space on SSD
Optionally you can setup VM in Azure Virtual Machine.
In this task you will download all necessary files required to setup MSLab.
1. Download MSLab scripts by navigating to MSLab Download
2. Dowload latest Windows Server ISO - either from MSDN Downloads, Eval Center or VLSC Portal
3. Download latest Azure Stack HCI OS ISO
4. Download Windows 11 ADK
5. Download Windows PE add-on for ADK
6. Download SQL 2019 Eval
7. Download System Center 2022 Eval
1. Unzip files from downloaded zip into a folder on SSD, where is enough available space (at least 100GB)
2. Replace content of LabConfig.ps1 with following code. You can double-click the file to open it in Notepad.
$LabConfig=@{
DomainAdminName='LabAdmin'; AdminPassword='LS1setup!'; DCEdition='4';InstallSCVMM='yes'}
Above labconfig will create custom Domain Controller. Built on top of Windows Server Datacenter with GUI together with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022
3. Right-click 1_Prereq.ps1 and select Run with PowerShell. The script will automatically elevate. Allow it run as administrator
4. The script will finish. It will download necessary files and create folders. You can close PowerShell window now by pressing enter.
1. Navigate to downloads folder and run adksetup.exe. Windows Assessment and Deployment kit window will be displayed.
2. In Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit window specify location to extract the files (C:\MSLab\Temp\ToolsVHD\SCVMM\ADK)
3. From Downloads folder run adkwinpesetup.exe. Windows Assessment and Deployment kit window will be displayed.
4. In Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit window specify location to extract the files (C:\MSLab\Temp\ToolsVHD\SCVMM\ADKWinPE)
5. From Downloads folder run SCVMM_2022.exe. System Center Virtual Machine Manager extraction tool will appear.
6. System Center Virtual Machine Manager extraction tool window specify location to extract the files (C:\MSLab\Temp\ToolsVHD\SCVMM\SCVMM)
7. From Downloads folder run SQL2019-SSEI-Eval.exe. SQL Server 2019 installer will appear. Select Download Media. Select Defaults (Downloads as a download folder) and Click on Download. Close the windows once finished downloading.
8. In Downloads open SQLServer2019-x64-ENU.iso and copy content into SQL folder (C:\MSLab\Temp\ToolsVHD\SCVMM\SQL)
result:
9. After files were copied, you can now eject the ISO file by right-clicking on the volume and selecting eject
1. In MSLab folder Right-click 2_CreateParentDisks.ps1 and select Run with PowerShell
2. When asked for ISO file, choose Windows Server 2022
3. When asked for Windows Server Update (msu), click cancel
Script will now create Domain Controller and Windows Server 2022 parent disks and will install SCVMM. It will take ~60 minutes to finish. Once Finished, press Enter to close window (it will cleanup unnecessary files and folders).
In MSLab folder you should see LAB and ParentDisks folder along with three PowerShell scripts and log files.
Once lab is deployed, you will notice that SCVMM is installed
