Copy VM to another person

To copy a Hyper-V to a different person is not the easies thing in the world. It requires a lot of disk space and changing names and removing personal account information on the VM that is copied.

Before copy the VM - clean up anything you can inside - just for the purpose of not doing it two times. It could easily be that you have a lot of stuff that is not needed anymore, and why not get rid of it right now.

Then the VM needs to be shut down before starting.

We use Hyper-V Manager for the process.

1. Clean up whatever you can in the VM before exporting it.
2. Close down the VM - (ex. shut down from within the VM)
3. Example - the VM is located in C:\Hyper-V\MyDeveloperVM
4. Fysical copy the VM to a different location. (This is a copy that can be deleted later) : ex. to: D:\Hyper-V-Backups\MyDeveloperVM
5. Hyper-V Manager: Import Virtual Machine - point out the location of the backup : D:\Hyper-V-Backups\MyDeveloperVM
6. Import Virtual Mcahine: Now the VM should appear on the List - Click Next
7. Import Virtual Mcahine:Chose Import Type: "Copy The Virtual Machine (Create a new unique ID)"
8. Import Virtual Mcahine: Click "Store the virtual machine in a different location"
9. In this case I want to make a copy to the same backup folder
10. Virtual Machine configuration folder: D:\Hyper-V-Backups\MyDeveloperVM
    1. Checkpoint Store: D:\Hyper-V-Backups\MyDeveloperVM
    2. Smart Paging Folder: D:\Hyper-V-Backups\MyDeveloperVM
    3. Virtual Harddisk: D:\Hyper-V-Backups\MyDeveloperVM
11. Rename harddisk if you want - before turning on the VM
12. Turn on VM and rename Windows - restart
13. Now all personal accounts needs cleaned away
    1. Logout of all browsers and delete browsing history and passwords and cookies
    2. Remove credentials from Credential Manager in Control Panel: Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Credential Manager