Azure Local / Hyper-V Private Cloud: Intermediate
Build and operate a small private cloud topology with workloads, snapshots, and recovery checks.
Audience
- Self-paced technical learners
- Instructor-led cohorts
- Enterprise teams preparing staff for hands-on operations
Prerequisites
- Beginner course or equivalent experience
- Comfort with command-line or admin consoles
Outcomes
- Provision an isolated azure local / hyper-v private cloud lab from template metadata.
- Use snapshots, rollback, validation checks, and teardown safely.
- Explain how Microsoft, Azure Local, Hyper-V fit into an enterprise training environment.
- Produce evidence that an instructor or admin can review.
Modules and labs
Each module maps to provisioned lab work, validation evidence, reset/rollback policy, and instructor visibility.
Windows Server 2022 base
definedWindows Server 2022 evaluation or licensed ISO
TODO: Build golden image from valid Microsoft evaluation or customer-licensed media.
Hyper-V nested host template
definedWindows Server 2022 Datacenter or evaluation ISO
TODO: Validate nested virtualization support on each production Proxmox node class before publishing.
Windows Admin Center template
definedWindows Server 2022 base plus Windows Admin Center installer
TODO: Create gateway certificate automation and student-friendly URL handoff.
Nested virtualization available
A nested workload VM can power on and report guest tools status.
VM reachable
The VM reports boot complete and responds through the tenant bastion path.
Snapshot created
A named checkpoint exists before the exercise stage.