Hyper-V

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Enable/Install Hyper-V

Installing Hyper-V Role using ServerManagerCMD.exe

ServerManagerCMD.exe –query -
servermanagercmd.exe -install Hyper-V

Installing Hyper-V Role using PowerShell

Import-Module servermanager
Add-WindowsFeature Hyper-V
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V –All
Disable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

Installing Hyper-V Role using OCSetup (Packet Manager)

Start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V

Enable and Disable Hyper-V using DISM Command at elevated cmd prompt

dism.exe /Online /Enable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V /All
dism.exe /Online /Disable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V-All

Automatic Virtual Machine Activation

Requirments

  • The Hyper-V host is a Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Edition.
  • The VMs are running Windows Server 2012 R2, thus only the below three editions can get activated by AVMA
    • Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
    • Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter
    • Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
  • The Hyper-V host is activated. (It can be activated using any of your regular activation mechanisms like MAK, OEM or KMS.)
  • The Guest VMs have AVMA client key installed on it
slmgr /ipk <AVMA_key>

AVMA keys

Datacenter Y4TGP-NPTV9-HTC2H-7MGQ3-DV4TW
Standard   DBGBW-NPF86-BJVTX-K3WKJ-MTB6V
Essentials K2XGM-NMBT3-2R6Q8-WF2FK-P36R2

Force VM to activate

slmgr /ato

References