Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 on Hyper-V 2008 R2 with SCVMM 2012 - Part 3

Alright, it's been a long time coming. Here is part 3 in this series of blog posts.

Note: From now on, logon as the Domain Administrator on all servers.

Configure the SQL Server (SQL1)

  1. If you haven't already done so, join the SQL1 VM to the domain and restart it.
  2. Attach the SQL Server 2008 R2 DVD ISO and start setup.exe
  3. The install process of SQL Server is basically the defaults, making sure you pick at least the following components:

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After SQL Server is installed, enable remote access, here is the easy way:

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Install SCVMM 2012 (SCVMM1)

  1. Install the WAIK

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2. Install SCVMM

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The next few steps are default settings, don’t install the self-service portal.

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Add the Hyper-V Server to SCVMM (SCVMM1)

Login to the SCVMM Console

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Create a share for XenDesktop

Create a Share on the Hyper-V Server (HV1). The share I created was called VMs. It will be used later in the procedure by XenDesktop when provisioning VMs.

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