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    -AdministratorPassword  $adminPass  `

    -DomainName savilltech  -ReuseDomainNode    `

    -UnattendPath   .\unattend.xml

The key components of this example are shown in Table 5.1.

Table 5.1: New-NanoServerImage Key Parameters

PARAMETER MEANING

-MediaPath Location of  the Windows Server  2016    media

-BasePath Temporary folder  used    while   creating    the image

-TargetPath Location    for the created file

-ComputerName Name  of  the Nano    Server  instance

-DeploymentType Guest   for a   Hyper-V VM, which   adds    the necessary

Hyper-V guest   drivers and components  (Microsoft-

NanoServer-Guest-Package),  while   Host    adds    drivers

for a   physical    deployment  (Microsoft-NanoServer-

Host-Package)

-Edition Standard   or  Datacenter

-AdministratorPassword Password for the local   Administrator   account

-DomainName Name    of  domain  to  join.   -ReuseDomainNode    uses    an

existing    domain  object  with    the same    name,   which   is

useful  if  replacing   an  existing    deployment.

-UnattendPath An    unattend.xml    file    with    additional  configurations

-Storage    -Defender   -

EnableRemoteManagementPort

Adds    the file    server  role    and other   storage components,

Windows Defender    antimalware,    and enables WinRM

remote  management

The output NanoServerVM.vhd file can be used by a VM, and it will start without
further configuration. Moreover, even though it has to perform the specialization
phase of the OS setup, it will still start in a couple of seconds.

If creating a Nano Server image for a physical deployment as a Hyper-V host, the -
DeploymentType Guest would be replaced with -DeploymentType Host. Additionally,
the -OEMDrivers parameter would add the standard network adapter and storage
controller drivers included in Server Core, -Compute would add the Hyper-V role, and -
Clustering would add the Failover Clustering feature.

NANO SERVER MANAGEMENT

The mantra of Windows Server is always to manage remotely—even if it has the
graphical interface and management tools locally. This is accomplished by installing
the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) on the client-equivalent operating
system; that is, Windows 10 for Windows Server 2016. The Windows 10 RSAT can be