Byte25 Virtual Appliance Download & Installation
The Byte25 Virtual Appliance is a fully functional appliance providing comprehensive visibility of your network performance, application experience and cyber security threats across your entire infrastructure.
Byte25 Virtual Appliance for Microsoft Hyper-V
The Byte25 Virtual Appliance file is a aipped virtual hard disk (VHD) image file suitable for installation on Hyper-V. (The zipped VHD image is around 2.4GB)
Installing Byte25 Virtual Appliance for Hyper-V
1. Download and Unzip the VHD file
Once downloaded, the virtual hard disk needs to be unzipped such that it can be installed into Hyper-V Manager
2. Get Hyper-V up and running
Run the following command in PowerShell to ensure Hyper-V is enabled on your machine.
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All
THIS STEP REQUIRES RESTART
If error message ‘The requested operation requires elevation’ is displayed, this indicates Hyper-V is already installed.
Once installed, open Hyper-V Manager

3. Add local machine as server
Your machine needs to be added as a server to house and install the virtual machine on. Do so by clicking on:
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- ‘Hyper-V Manager’ in left menu bar
- ‘Connect to server…’ in actions menu bar on right
- ‘Local Computer’
- ‘OK’.
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Finally click on the added server under the left menu bar.

4. Add a virtual switch to server
A virtual switch needs to be added so when the VM is installed, it has internet access. Add the virtual switch by selecting:
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- ‘Virtual Switch Manager…’ under the actions menu bar on the right (ensure your local machine is the selected server on the left menu bar)
- ‘New virtual network switch’ in left menu bar
- ‘External’
- ‘Create Virtual Switch’
- Choose an appropriate name for the virtual switch
- Select the network interface/ device with internet access
- Click ‘Apply’
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5. Add the virtual hard disk to Hyper-V Manager
Hyper-V should now be setup and configured to install the VHD image that was downloaded and unzipped in step 1. Hyper-V Manager’s setup wizard will be used to install the VM. Do so by following:
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- Under the actions menu bar on right, click ‘New’ followed by ‘Virtual Machine…’ (ensure your local machine is the selected server on the left menu bar)
- Add an appropriate name for VM
- Select generation 1
- Depending on your system specifications, choose start-up memory of 4096 MB (required) or 8192 MB (recommended)
- Select the recently added switch for the ‘Connection’ dropdown
- Select ‘Use an existing virtual hard disk’ and locate the extracted VHD image from step 1
- Select ‘Finish’
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5. Start the newly added VM
Now that the VM has been successfully added to Hyper-V Manager, it is ready to start.
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- Select the newly added VM under the central ‘Virtual Machines’ window
- Select ‘Start’ under the right-hand side menu
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If you encounter any issues with installation and configuration, please contact Byte25 support at support@byte25.com. We are always happy to assist and organise a remote desktopor teams session to help you get up and running with a minum of fuss.