


Out of the box Packer comes with support to build images for Amazon EC2, DigitalOcean, Google Compute Engine, QEMU, VirtualBox, VMware, and more. Select Run VBoxWindowsAddions.When you have the need to create VM boxes that can run in multiple environments Packer is an excellent choice.In the Virtualbox GUI, Select Devices->Insert Guest Additions CD image.Turn off messages about Windows SmartScreen: Go to Control Panel -> System and Security -> Action Center and Click 'Turn off messages about Windows SmartScreen'.in the properties panel, scroll to the right and click on the Time Zone, then Change time zone and select your time zone.in Server Manager, Select Local Server from the left panel.Right click on Administrator and select Set Password.Open System Tools -> Local Users and Groups.Click on Administrative Tools and then Computer Management.Press ctrl-Esc to access the Start Screen.under Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Password Policy, set Password must meet complexity requirements to Disabled.remove password complexity requirement (required for a default vagrant config).Press Right-Ctrl Delete and login as Administrator using the password from above. Storage->Controller: IDE - attach the Windows 2012 downloaded ISO image to the DVD drive.


1024Mb (VBX recommends 2048, but you can increase this with vagrant).From the Virtualbox GUI, create a new machine.
