Create Virtual Machine from Windows Server Backup You can refer to Method 2 to learn the details.
However, the whole process is kind of complicated and you may get an error or cannot locate the image backup while configuring the restore, resulting in failure of creating virtual machine from a physical server.Īctually, besides the traditional way, there’s another way can also help you let Windows Server Backup restore to virtual machine and it’s much easier. Windows built-in tool is the first way you can have a try to restore Windows Server Backup to virtual machine. How to Restore Windows Server Backup to Virtual Machine If you want to be able to convert to more kinds of virtual machines, like VMware, VirtualBox, you can also use Windows Server backup to restore to virtual machine. Windows Server Backup supports restoring a bare metal backup of Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019/2022 to any virtual machines. As we know, Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (MVMC) can help you convert a physical computer to Hyper-V virtual machines, and vice versa.Īlso, you can restore Windows Server Backup to virtual machine. The Need for Windows Server Backup Restore to Virtual Machineįor system or data safety, now more and more users prefer to use the virtual machine for software testing or anything else.