In this article, we will walk you through the procedure of initial configuration of your Hyper-V 2019 Server. There are few options that we will configure including workgroup name, computer name, remote management, remote desktop, Windows updates, and network settings. After you successfully deployed Hyper-V 2019 Server you will see the screen as shown on the screenshot below. From this point, we will start our configuration. So, let’s start from Workgroup Name.
Change Domain/Workgroup Name
In our case, we are not using Domain infrastructure (Active Directory Domain Services), but Workgroup. According to that, we will need to join our Hyper-V 2019 to existing Workgroup which is called APPUALS. In order to change settings, please follow the procedure below:
Change Computer Name:
Configure Remote Management:
Configure Windows Update Settings:
Download ad Install Updates:
Configure Remote Desktop:
Would you like to remotely access your Hyper-V? If so, you would need to activate Remote Desktop by following the procedure below: In our example, we will choose the first option by typing 1.
Configure Network Settings:
In order to communicate with the rest of the network, our Hyper-V 2019 Server has to be available on the network. We are using IP Class C Network 192.168.10.0; subnet mask 255.255.255.0. According to the mentioned network segment, we will configure Hyper-V 2019 to be available on 192.168.10.100 address. In the next article, we will connect to the Hyper-V 2019 server by using Hyper-V Manager that is installed on Windows 10 Professional.
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