Create Hyper-V Machines with Powershell

# This script creates a new Hyper-V machine with hard drive, memory & network resources configured. # Variables $SRV1 = Read-Host "Enter the Virtual Machine name (Press [Enter] to choose Server01): " if ($SRV1 -eq ""){$SRV1="Server01"} ; if ($SRV1 -eq $NULL){$SRV1="Server01"} $SRAM = Read-Host "Enter the size of the Virtual Machine Memory (Press [Enter] to choose 512MB): " if ($SRAM -eq ""){$SRAM=512MB} ; if ($SRAM -eq $NULL){$SRAM=512MB} $SRV1VHD = Read-Host "Enter the size of the Virtual Machine Hard Drive (Press [Enter] to choose 40GB): " if ($SRV1VHD -eq ""){$SRV1VHD=40GB} ; if ($SRV1VHD -eq $NULL){$SRV1VHD=40GB} $VMLOC = Read-Host "Enter the location of the Virtual Machine file (Press [Enter] to choose C:\HyperV): " if ($VMLOC -eq ""){$VMLOC="C:\HyperV"} ; if ($VMLOC -eq $NULL){$VMLOC="C:\HyperV"} $Network1 = Read-Host "Enter the name of the Virtual Machine Network (Press [Enter] to choose Network1): " if ($Network1 -eq ""){$Network1="Network1"} ; if ($Network1 -eq $NULL){$Network1="Network1"} # Configure Hyper-V Virtual Network remove-vmswitch $Network1 -force -erroractionsilentlycontinue new-vmprivateswitch $Network1 # Create Virtual Machines MD $VMLoc -erroractionsilentlycontinue new-vm $SRV1 -path $VMLoc new-vhd -vhdpaths $VMLoc\$SRV1 -size $SRV1VHD add-vmdisk -vm $SRV1 -controllerid 0 -lun 0 -path $VMLoc\$SRV1 get-vm $SRV1 | add-vmdrive -controllerid 1 -lun 0 -dvd get-vm $SRV1 | set-vmmemory -memory $SRAM get-vm $SRV1 | add-vmnic -virtualswitch $Network1