How to do it...

1. From your Hyper-V host, view the currently installed package providers:

        Get-PackageProvider

1. View the available package providers online, noting the NanoServerPackage provider:

       Find-PackageProvider | Select-Object -Property Name, Summary | 
            Format-Table -AutoSize -Wrap

1. Install the NanoServerPackage provider:

        Install-PackageProvider -Name NanoServerPackage -Verbose

1. View the commands included with the provider:

        Get-Command -Module NanoServerPackage

1. View the available Nano Server packages:

        $NanoPackages = Find-NanoServerPackage | 
                        Select-Object -Property Name, Description 
        $NanoPackages | Format-Table -AutoSize -Wrap

1. Determine which of the available packages you wish to install, store them as an array in the $Installpackages variable and then display that array:

      $InstallPackages = @('Microsoft-NanoServer-Storage-Package',
                           'Microsoft-NanoServer-IIS-Package', 
                           'Microsoft-NanoServer-DSC-Package')
      $InstallPackages

1. Define the path to the Windows Server 2016 installation media:

    $Server2016InstallationRoot = 'E:\'

1. Define the path of the NanoServerImageGenerator folder:

      $NanoServerFolder = Join-Path -Path $Server2016InstallationRoot 
                                            -ChildPath 'NanoServer'
      $NsigFolder = Join-Path -Path $NanoServerFolder 
                                -ChildPath 'NanoServerImageGenerator'
      $NsigFolder

1. Import the NanoServerImageGenerator module and review the commands contained in that module:

      Import-Module -Name $NsigFolder
      Get-Command -Module NanoServerImageGenerator

1. Define the folders for the base Nano Server images and the VM images:

      $NanoBaseFolder = 'C:\NanoBase'
      $VMFolder = 'D:\VMs'

1. Define paths for the Nano Server VM:

      $NanoComputerName = 'NANO2'
      $NanoVMFolder = Join-Path -Path $VMFolder 
                                -ChildPath $NanoComputerName
      $NanoVMPath = Join-Path -Path $NanoVMFolder 
                              -ChildPath "$NanoComputerName.vhdx"

1. Define the networking parameters:

      $IPV4Address = '10.10.10.132'
      $IPV4DNS = '10.10.10.10','10.10.10.11'
      $IPV4Gateway = '10.10.10.254'
      $IPV4SubnetMask = '255.255.255.0'

1. Build a hash table $NanoServerImageParameters to hold parameters for the New-NanoServerImage cmdlet:

      $NanoServerImageParameters = @{
          DeploymentType = 'Guest'
          Edition = 'DataCenter'
          TargetPath = $NanoVMPath
          BasePath = $NanoBaseFolder
          DomainBlobPath = $DomainJoinBlobPath
          Ipv4Address = $IPV4Address
          Ipv4Dns = $IPV4DNS
          Ipv4Gateway = $IPV4Gateway
          IPV4SubnetMask = $IPV4SubnetMask
          Package = $InstallPackages
      }

1. Create a new Nano Server image, passing in configuration parameters using splatting:

      New-NanoServerImage @NanoServerImageParameters

1. Once complete, review the VM switches available, and define the Hyper-V switch to use:

        Get-VMSwitch | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Name
        $SwitchName = 'Internal'

1. Create the Nano virtual machine from the newly created VM disk, and start the VM:

      New-VM -VHDPath $NanoVMPath `
          -Name $NanoComputerName `
          -Path $NanoVMFolder `
          -SwitchName $SwitchName `
          -Generation 2 -Verbose |
               Start-VM