Installing Operating Systems and Applications

You are ready to start installing guest operating systems now that you know how to build virtual machines.

Installing Operating Systems

The list of supported guest operating systems is fluid. Rather than put the list in print and see it become obsolete in a matter of months, we would instead forward you to the official listing on the TechNet site at http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh831531. You will find Windows Server, Linux, and client operating systems on this list. Other information that you will find includes the following:

  • What the maximum supported number of virtual CPUs in a VM is for the guest OS
  • Where to get the latest version of integration components for the guest OS

Installing ...

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