# Windows Server VM template checklist worksheet

Adapt this planning resource to your environment. Examples are illustrative, not completed checks. Do not record secrets.

- Service / scope:
- Accountable owner:
- Reviewer:
- Environment / version:
- Review date:
- Approval / change reference:
- Next review trigger:

## Define the supported image contract

- [ ] Record Windows edition, release, installation source, licence model, VM generation, firmware and virtual hardware.
- Environment-specific action:
- Expected result / stop condition:
- Observed result and evidence:
- Owner / due date:

## Prepare and inspect the reference system

- [ ] Apply the approved updates and restart as required.
- Environment-specific action:
- Expected result / stop condition:
- Observed result and evidence:
- Owner / due date:

## Generalise and capture through supported tooling

- [ ] Follow Microsoft’s Sysprep documentation and the hypervisor or image-management procedure for the selected platform.
- Environment-specific action:
- Expected result / stop condition:
- Observed result and evidence:
- Owner / due date:

## Validate a deployed instance

- [ ] Deploy at least one fresh instance on representative infrastructure.
- Environment-specific action:
- Expected result / stop condition:
- Observed result and evidence:
- Owner / due date:

## Closure

- Outcome: not started / pass / partial pass / fail
- Exceptions, owner and due date:
- Acceptance / approval:
- Follow-up and cleanup:

Source article: https://happysysadm.com/virtualisation/windows-server-vm-template/