Between the usage of Windows 10 and disabling Defender, it doesn’t feel very safe to connect this guide’s end result to the Internet… Which might not matter much, depending on what you do with the VM, but it’s something to take into consideration.

I just found myself needing a winders vm

thanks for posting this!

You can also automate Windows installations in the background using an autounattend.xml file.

For testing, consider using VM snapshots instead of cloning the entire virtual machine - it’s often more efficient.