Installing vm-based Azure stack HCI lab on windows 11 pro laptop

[nm7s9]

I'm trying to install the Azure stack HCI vm-based lab using instruction on

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-stack/hci/deploy/tutorial-private-forest

I;m trying to install it on a 64GB ram laptop running Windows 11 Pro.
I realise that the instructions say to run it on Windows server 2022,2019 or 2016 but I did ask bing if it could be done on Windows 11 Pro and (copilot) said

"Certainly! You can create a VM-based lab for Azure Stack HCI on a Windows 11 Pro PC. Here are the steps you’ll need to follow:
Prerequisites:
Admin privileges on a Hyper-V host server running Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, or Windows Server 2016........"

I think that maybe copilot just told me what I wanted to hear, because....

When running the 2_CreateParentDisks.ps1 the first time it gets "stuck" repeatedly doing

 Restarting DC
Configuration in Progress. Sleeping 10 seconds
Configuration in Progress. Sleeping 10 seconds
Configuration in Progress. Sleeping 10 seconds
Current DSC state: Failure, ResourncesNotInDesiredState: 20, ResourncesInDesiredState: 10.
Restarting DC
Configuration in Progress. Sleeping 10 seconds
Configuration in Progress. Sleeping 10 seconds

It's being doing this for 5 hours now.
If I log in to the DC vm that it has created and view the event log I see repeated liscence errors (slui.exe) which seems to indicate to me that it may not like the fact that I am running windows 11 Pro, but I could be wrong.

Any advise as to how I can install the vm-based lab on mhy laptop would be greatly appreciated.

[Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus (Karl-WE)]

Can you confirm you have specified a Windows Server 2022 ISO in when launching this?
see #588#589

[nm7s9]

Just tried Windows Server 2022 evaluation copy - but exactly the same issue

[nm7s9]

5/15/2024 10:01:24 PM 8198 Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP License Activation (slui.exe) failed with the following error code:
hr=0x8007139F
Command-line arguments:
RuleId=31e71c49-8da7-4a2f-ad92-45d98a1c79ba;Action=AutoActivate;AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d
6ec3f16059f;SkuId=1d02774d-66ab-4c57-8b14-e254fdce09d4;NotificationInterval=1440;Trigger=Networ
kQuarantineRetry
5/15/2024 10:01:24 PM 1003 Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP The Software Protection service has completed licensing status check.
Application Id=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f
Licensing Status=
1: 1d02774d-66ab-4c57-8b14-e254fdce09d4, 1, 1 [(0 )(1 )(2 )(3 [0x00000000, 0, 1], [(?)( 1
0x00000000)( 6 0x00000000 10 14347)(?)(?)(?)( 10 0x00000000 msft:rm/algorithm/flags/1.0)(?)])]

5/15/2024 10:01:24 PM 1014 Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP Acquisition of End User License failed. hr=0x80072EE7
Sku Id=1d02774d-66ab-4c57-8b14-e254fdce09d4
5/15/2024 10:01:24 PM 8200 Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP License acquisition failure details.
hr=0x80072EE7
5/15/2024 10:01:24 PM 8230 Microsoft-Windows-Security-SPP The rules engine successfully re-evaluated the schedule.
Kernel policies:
Security-SPP-Action-StateData (REG_SZ) =AppId=55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f;GraceEndDate
=2024/05/25:11:08:24;LastConsumptionReason=0x4004f00c;LastNotificationId=NeverActivated;License
State=SL_LICENSING_STATUS_IN_GRACE_PERIOD;PartialProductKey=37CYR;ProductKeyType=Retail:TB:Eval
;SkuId=1d02774d-66ab-4c57-8b14-e254fdce09d4;ruleId=31e71c49-8da7-4a2f-ad92-45d98a1c79ba;uxDiffe
rentiator=TIMEBASED_EVAL

[Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus (Karl-WE)]

Ah this gives me pointer . It seems that it does not like eval ISOs in the process. MS SPP (slui) is the activation process.
If you are a Developer or MS partner you might have access to Visual Studio Enterprise subscription, these have volume licensing ISOs.
Also if you are a MS customer you could access VL ISOs through admin.microsoft.com licensing plane.

[nm7s9]

Many thanks for that, I'll give VL ISO a go

[Karl Wester-Ebbinghaus (Karl-WE)]

fingers crossed this is going to close this case for you and this issue.