As many of you know, Windows 8 virtual desktops are supported (in technical preview) in the current release of VDI-in-a-Box (VIAB) 5.2 with the following limitation: RDP Connections Only.  This has been available since day one of Microsoft’s Windows 8 release. About a week ago (on May 10th), Citrix made available a public tech preview for VIAB Project Curacao (Read more here), which adds full HDX/ICA support for Windows 8 virtual desktops along with several other key enhancements. In the following blog post, I will share my experiences building a stand-alone Hyper-V Server 2012 host with local storage and a [...]

If you’ve just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I’ve broken this blog post into three parts: Part 1: Hyper-V Server 2012 Installation and Importing VDI-in-a-Box Part 2: VDI-in-a-Box Initial Configuration < YOU ARE HERE! Part 3: Windows 8 Image and Template Creation Since Hyper-V Server 2012 doesn’t include any consoles or snap-ins, I recommend using Windows 8 or another Windows Server 2012 machine to remotely connect Hyper-V Manager.  Instructions for installing Hyper-V Manager on Windows 8 can be found here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/05/29/installing-the-remote-management-tools-for-windows-8-hyper-v.aspx.  Once installed, launch Hyper-V [...]

If you’ve just stumbled upon this article, I recommend you start from the beginning by clicking the Part 1 link below.  For easy reading, I’ve broken this blog post into three parts: Part 1: Hyper-V Server 2012 Installation and Importing VDI-in-a-Box Part 2: VDI-in-a-Box Initial Configuration Part 3: Windows 8 Image and Template Creation < YOU ARE HERE! Next, we will go ahead and create the Windows 8 VM that will be used for creating our VIAB pools.  In Hyper-V Manager, select the Action menu and click New –> Virtual Machine (Also available on the right navigation window): Click Next: Enter [...]