LazyVM Alpha

What's Changed

• LazyVM 2: one module, public commands, JSON settings, CI by @downerboy in #7
• Fixes from the first real build by @downerboy in #9

New Contributors

• @downerboy made their first contribution in #7

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...V2.0.0

LazyVM1.0

First release of LazyVM: builds and looks after Hyper-V development VMs on a Windows host, with the Windows 11 90-day evaluation handled for you.

Download

Massokissed.LazyVM-1.0.0.zip below. Extract it into the folder you want everything to live in, for example D:\DevVM, which creates D:\DevVM\Scripts. Then follow the Quick start.

You also need the Windows 11 Enterprise Evaluation ISO, downloaded by hand from the Microsoft Evaluation Center. It is not included, and the script cannot download it: it sits behind a registration form.

What it does

• Builds a VM unattended: Windows 11, Visual Studio 2026, SSMS 22, SQL Server 2022 Developer Edition and the tools in its tooling list.
• Records tooling changes made in the guest every day, with a Hyper-V checkpoint for each, so any version can be returned to with -Revert.
• Rearms the evaluation while it can, then captures your state, rebuilds the VM and puts everything back.
• Keeps source on a Dev Drive that rebuilds never touch.
• Runs several VMs on one host.

The full operator guide, Build-LazyVM-Guide.docx, is in the zip.

Licence

Free for personal and other noncommercial use under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0. Commercial use needs a separate licence.