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Adding an optional Time Synchronization option in Labconfig to disable time synchronization from Hyper-V host at VM creation

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3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
powershell

Research direction

Start with the Labconfig VM definition and the VM-starting flow in Deploy.ps1. Trace how the optional setting could control Hyper-V host Time Synchronization at VM creation, and verify that the configured behavior avoids requiring the final Start VMs prompt choices for this case.

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Description

Many times, for some kinds of VMs in labs, we have to disable "Time Synchronization" from Hyper-V host.

e.g. https://github.com/microsoft/MSLab/tree/master/HandsOnLabs/02-DeployingAzureLocal

Get-VM *ALNode* | Disable-VMIntegrationService -Name "Time Synchronization"

The idea would be to add in LanConfig the support of a Time Synchronization option when defining a VM.

This will prevent to answering A or D to the question below at the end of the Deploy.ps1 script execution.

Start VMs
Would you like to start lab virtual machines?
[N] No  [A] All  [D] Deployed only  [?] Help (default is "N"): A
Script finished at 01/05/2026 15:22:28 and took 10.7020954733333 Minutes
Press enter to continue...
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