Overview:

One of the new features of SCCM 2012 R2 is that it supports building Virtual Hard Disks from SCCM which can then be used for many different purposes such as testing a new image or using as a virtual machine template.

Requirements:

• System with Hyper-V role installed (used to generate the virtual machines)
• Virtual Machine Manager Console (required to upload the vhd)

Process to build a VHD from SCCM

1. Build the SCCM Task Sequence
2. Run the Task Sequence to build the VHD
3. Upload the VHD to Virtual Machine Manager

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