In this section, we will be installing the necessary prerequisites before installation of Virtual Machine Manager.
For instructions on the installation of ADK 8.1, refer to the Windows assessment and deployment kit for Windows 8.1 section in Chapter 1, Introduction to System Center 2012 R2 App Controller.
The Virtual Machine Manager service requires elevated access to some server roles. The following are the settings that need to be configured before starting the installation of the VMM server:
Create a standard domain user account in Active Directory's users and computers. Then add it to the local administrators security group on the VMM server. We created an
srv_vmmaccount. A restart is recommended after adding the account to the local administrators group.Add the VMM server computer account to the local administrator group on a designated SQL server. A restart is recommended after adding the computer account...