Nano Server quick start

Microsoft provided two of the main scripts on the Nano Server image itself. When you go to the NanoServer folder on the ISO media, you will find NanoServer.wim which is a file-based disk image format that will help you to deploy the Nano Server operating system. In addition, you will find a very small text file called ReadMe which actually tells you this: For detailed information on deploying and managing Nano Server, please go to this link: http://www.aka.ms/nanoserver.

Under the NanoServerImageGenerator folder, you will find one script and one PowerShell module, as shown in Figure 2:

You can use these scripts to generate, build, and customize a Nano Server image for:

• A physical machine
• A virtual machine

The good news is that Microsoft made it easy to build your Nano Server image in such a way that you can write a single PowerShell command. That's all you need to build your Nano Server image from scratch. You can specify the package(s) that you need to be included as part of the image. You can add the computer name, administrator password, and IP address.

This single PowerShell command will take care of the customization to build the image that fits your environment.