Windows IoT On Hyper-V Virtual Machine

This post shows how to create new Windows IoT Virtual Machine on Hyper-V

New Virtual Hard Drive

• Create and Attach new VHD of 8GB, formatted as dynamically expanding. According to this example.
• Important: Remember the created disk number (example disk 1, disk 2, disk 3 ...)

Image of Operational System

• Download and install Windows IoT for Intel Joule
• Open your Command Line Tools with administrator privileges and then run the following commands:

*** Important: Replace \\.\PhysicalDrive1 for the number of your disk

cd "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft IoT\FFU\Joule"
dism /apply-image /imagefile:flash.ffu /applyDrive:\\.\PhysicalDrive1 /skipPlatformCheck

• Then, dettach the disk

Create New Virtual Machine

• With Hyper-V enabled, open Hyper-V Manager
• Choose "Quick Create"
• In Operation System, select your VHD file
• In Network, click in "Set up automatic network"
• Click in "Create Virtual Machine"

Done

• Run your new Windows IoT Virtual Machine