Server 2012 Hyper-V Free Workgroup Setup and Management

Log onto your Microsoft Live account and Download the installation media here:
http://aka.ms/hv2012gs

Run the Setup and restart as necessary.

After installing you will be prompted to create a default Administrator password.
After setting up your password log onto the server. It will open a command prompt and basic management console as shown below:

The menus are straight forward and will prompt you through the process I underlined my settings:

1) Domain/Workgroup: to add to domain, setup workgroup name
2) Computer Name: 1
3) Add Local Administrator: I would recommend creating at least one additional administrator
4) Configure Remote Management: Enable or Disable
5) Windows Update Settings: Manual or Automatic
6) Download and Install Updates:
7) Remote Desktop: Enable or Disable and authentication methods
8) Network Settings: Configure as Static or DCHP Settings including DNS
9) Date and Time:
10) Help improve the product with CEIP: Customer Experience Improvement Program Enable or Disable
11) Log Off User:
12) Restart Server:
13) Shut Down Server:
14) Exit Command Line :

After you configure your host as recommended above you now can RDP into it from you desktop

For credentials use “.\administrator” or “ .\” the account you created.

Once logged on to your Free 2012 Hyper V server go to the command prompt and open Powershell by typing in Powershell.exe as shown below:

At the PS prompt enter in the following commands to modify your firewall to enable the following in order:

netsh firewall set service type=RemoteAdmin mode=enable

netsh advfirewall firewall SET rule group="Remote Administration" new enable=yes

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=yes

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Service Management" new enable=yes

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Performance Logs and Alerts" new enable=yes

Netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Event Log Management" new enable=yes

Netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Scheduled Tasks Management" new enable=yes

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Volume Management" new enable=yes

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Desktop" new enable=yes

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Windows Firewall Remote Management" new enable =yes

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="windows management instrumentation (wmi)" new enable =yes

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Microsoft Management Console" dir=in action=allow program="%windir%\system32\mmc.exe" enable=yes profile=private

Type “Exit” to exit powershell

Type in “WinRM quickconfig” enter

Tasks on Remote Management PC:

Install Server RSAT on your workstation download it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7887

Open Powershell as and Administrator

Type in the following:

Set-item WSMAN:\localhost\Client\TrustedHosts –Value “HYPERVServer” –concatenate

Allow Anonymous DCOM Access:

Run DCOMCNFG
Console Root > Component Services > Computers > My Computer
Right click > Properties > "COM Security"
Access Permission> Edit Limits as shown below:

Check "ANONYMOUS LOGON" under Remote Access as shown below:

You need to add DNS reference to the hosts file for your Hyper-V server. Located at C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\ETC\hosts as shown below:

Add the IP and Name such as my example below:

Note: Due to permissions it may not let you save after editing in the same location. Edit and save elsewhere such as the desktop and then drag to and replace the existing host file.

Do a quick Ping to test to confirm: