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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager virtualization environments

October 15, 2024

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Follow this guidance if you use Hyper-V with the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to provide virtual machines.

See System requirements for a list of supported VMM versions.

You can use Machine Creation Services or Citrix Provisioning (formerly Provisioning Services) to provision:

Generation 1 Desktop or Server OS VMs
Generation 2 Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022, Windows 10, and Windows 11 VMs (with or without secure boot)

Install and configure a hypervisor

Install the Microsoft Hyper-V role and VMM on your servers.

Verify the following account information:

In Studio, the account you specify when creating a connection must be a VMM administrator or VMM delegated administrator for the relevant Hyper-V machines. If this account has only the delegated administrator role in VMM, the storage data is not listed in Studio during the connection creation process.

Your user account must also be a member of the administrators local security group on each Hyper-V server to support VM lifecycle management (such as VM creation, update, and deletion).

In large deployments where a single SCVMM manages multiple clusters in different data centers, you can limit the host groups scope of the admins.

To limit the host groups scope, use the delegated admin role in the Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) console.

On Create User Roles Wizard, select Fabric Administrator (delegated administrator) as a user role.
In Members, add the user account in the Active Directory that you want to use as delegated admin.
In Scope, select the host groups you want the delegated admin to have access to.
Create a new Run As Account using delegated admin user credentials. Use these credentials to create a hypervisor connection later. Do not use the main administrator role accounts.

Install the VMM console

Install a System Center Virtual Machine Manager console on each server having a Citrix Cloud Connector.

The console version must match the management server version. Although an earlier console can connect to the management server, provisioning VDAs fails if the versions differ.

Where to go next

For a simple proof-of-concept deployment, install a VDA on a machine designated to deliver apps or a desktop to your users.
For creating and managing connections, see Connection to Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
Review all the steps in the installation and configuration process.

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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager virtualization environments

October 15, 2024

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October 15, 2024

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Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager virtualization environments

Install and configure a hypervisor

Install the VMM console

Where to go next

More information

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