hi there,

I have a little question about template management:

I have a server 2012 R2 template. when I deploy it, it gets sysprepped, naturally.
As you can only sysprep a windows installation 3 times, I have to avoid sysprepping when I wanna do changes to the template like activating RDP or installing a progam (I'm not necessarily talking about installing updates).

Do I have to create a Vm, attach the vhd, shut down the Vm and replace the VHD in the library with the new one?
Or is there any other method for handling templates?

thanks :>

Hi Sir,

>>As you can only sysprep a windows installation 3 times,

Generally , I create a VM template with an existing VM , VMM will perform SYSPREP during creating VM template :

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh427282.aspx

>> I have to avoid sysprepping when I wanna do changes to the template like activating RDP or installing a progam

As for OS setting you can use "answer file  " :

http://blogs.technet.com/b/chrad/archive/2009/06/30/scvmm-sample-unattend-xml-for-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx

As for application/program please refer to following article about create application packages:

http://blogs.technet.com/b/scvmm/archive/2011/04/18/creating-virtual-application-packages-with-microsoft-server-application-virtualization-sequencer.aspx

Best Regards,

Elton JI