Downloads
Download Andrea's Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Appliances.
► Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Desktop Virtual Appliance…
[531 MB] -- Ubuntu-12.04-amd64-dist.7z
Description:
Ubuntu-12.04-amd64-dist.7z Virtual Appliance is a convenient way to deploy a virtualized Ubuntu instance to your Hyper-V virtual environment.
- ubuntu-12.04-amd64-dist.vhd MD5SUM = 225e85ecd3b0bb707e9fd916e166e724Make sure you read the Release Notes.
► Ubuntu 12.04 LTS X64 Server Virtual Appliance…
[192 MB] -- ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64-dist.7z
Description:
ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64-dist.7z Virtual Appliance is a convenient way to deploy a virtualized Ubuntu instance to your Hyper-V virtual environment.
- ubuntu-12.04-server-amd64-dist.vhd MD5SUM = 74842f27d5103d395d5ca7531a1c9c68Make sure you read the Release Notes.
[187 MB] -- Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal-dist.7z
Description:
Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal-dist.7z is a vanilla Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso installed to a default Dynamic VHD (Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal-dist.vhd).
- Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal-dist.vhd MD5SUM = c0144cc8b399cc90ade6ebdbe78b0c50Make sure you read the Release Notes.
Virtual what?!
Virtual Appliances are fully featured, ready-to-import, Microsoft Hyper-V-based Virtual Machines.
To deploy a new Virtual Machine, download a Virtual Appliance, extract it and import it ("Action" -> "Import Virtual Machine") to your Hyper-V host. It's that easy!
VHDs are freshly cooked dynamic Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk Images.
You can use a VHD image as a base for the deployment of differencing Virtual Hard Disk images or you can remove the read-only flag and attach the VHD image to your new (or pre-existing) Virtual Machine and boot it straight away.
Requirements.
To deploy a Virtual Appliance (or a VHD), you'll either need:
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 or Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (freeware -- sign-in w/MS Account req.d).
- Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or 2008 R2 SP1 with the Hyper-V Role enabled.
- Microsoft Windows 8.
What for?!
Both methods will save you/your company plenty of time and bandwidth.
Some Random VHD/Virtual Appliances Advantages:
- You won't have to go through the whole setup process again.
- You'll optimize disk space and bandwitdth consumption by keeping both at a minimum.
- No excuses: CentOS minimal VHD size is smaller than the official Centos-6.2-x86_64-minimal.iso (187MB VS 321 MB)!
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