The boot order of the virtual machine is changed to boot first from the CD-ROM drive. This image will be mounted to the virtual CD-ROM drive of the virtual machine.
Install an operating system from a bootable image file – this is similar to inserting a CD into the physical CD-ROM drive of a physical computer. Install an operating system later – this option makes no additional modification to the virtual machine. When creating a virtual machine, you can configure some operating system installation options.
Generation 2 virtual machines were introduced with Windows Server 2012 R2 and provide a simplified virtual hardware model and some additional functionality.
If needed, grab an evaluation copy of Windows 10 from the TechNet Evaluation Center.
iso file for the operating system that you would like to run.
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