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Upgrade to Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 RTM  from 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager doesn't support in-place upgrade, another bad new is the P2V utility is not supported on   VMM 2012 R2.  Now going over the process, it will be straight forward, as always I recommed you to have a back out plan.   Tasks: Uninstall SCVMM Management Server and Console  Retain Database on SQL Uninstall ADK 8.0 (It will require a Restart) Install ADK 8.1 with the same features.  [Note: After Install ADK8.1 you will be able to install  SCVMM 2012 R2 RTM] Step by Step  Uninstall VMM MS and Console  Retain Database  Uninstalled  Install VMM 2012 R2 RTM  Select the existing Database VirtualManagerDB Now it will be upgrading the Database  Done  Enjoy !...

How to Install Roles and Features Offline to a VHD/VHDX in Windows Server 2012 R2 As you know there's a lot  of great things on this  new release, this new feature is so interesting to me because if you have Virtual Machine Templates on Hyper-V now you can modify them and made your installations really fast. In my scenario I have 3 VHD Templates Bronze Template (48GB for Print Servers/ Web Servers) Silver Template  (64GB for ) Gold Template  (72GB for DC's/ File Servers/ System Center Servers/ SQL Servers ) Step by Step to Edit/Modify a VHD/VHDX Offline  Go to Server Manager and Click on Mange and Add Roles and Features Select your VHD/VHDX After Selecting your Roles and  Features click Install Now you're done editing your VM Template/V HD  Follow me on twitter    @DavidiAcevedo