Install Hyper-V Role to Windows Server 2012 R2 During OS Deployment

There are plenty of blogs about this subject, however, many of these blogs are outdated and some of their tips do not work properly for Windows Server 2012 R2. Also, in my case, I’m not using MSDT to install features and roles, but instead I’m using a captured WIM image.

To install Hyper-V role, just add a “Run Command Line” task, towards the end of the task sequence, Install Operating System task.

I’m using the following PowerShell command:

Powershell.exe -Command "& {&'Install-WindowsFeature' –Name Hyper-V -IncludeManagementTools -Restart}"

Also, here’s an interesting link that discusses this particular issue.

New Windows 7 Install Not Updating

There’s an issue with brand new installations of Windows 7. If you’re trying to patch/update a brand new Windows 7 installation, Windows Updates will sit there for days without patching anything.

It turns out that, a while back, Microsoft updated their patching servers and because of that, brand new Windows 7 installations will fail to patch until you install the following KBs:

KB3102810
KB3135445
KB3138612

Some of these KBs will not say that will not apply, but keep trying the others and one will fix the Windows Update issue with newly installed Windows 7.

A while back, I opened a Technet case on Microsoft’s forums and here’s the original link.