Installing Windows Server 2012 as the Host Operating System
The first step is to install Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V as the host operating system. The step-by-step guidance to install the Windows operating system is covered in Chapter 3, “Installing Windows Server 2012 and Server Core.” Typically, the installation of a Windows Server 2012 to run the Hyper-V role is a new clean server installation, so the “Installing a Clean Version of Windows Server 2012 Operating System” section in Chapter 3 is the section to follow to set up Windows Server 2012 for virtualization.
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