Create a Windows 10 Virtual Machine on Synology NAS! | 4K TUTORIAL

[@saltycherrypie6918]

Dude the quality of the tutorial in general is really well done. The sound is crisp, cuts are completely seamless and every is explained in a simple manner. Thanks alot!

[@shadowarez1337]

Honestly Dell should include this channel as part of the guide with these Synology NAS boxes every question iv had has been answered here. Thank you for having the answers to literally every question i asked myself like how do I install a VM on this as I tried with unraid with a diff project forget it lol this was clear.

[@SergeLetunovskiy]

Extremely useful. I've just setup my very first virtual machine on my RS3614xs... Thanks man!

[@DavidM2002]

If you're still monitoring Will, I'd really like to see a video on creating / importing a VM from an existing Windows desktop to a Synology. I have both a Synology and a QNAP and have been experimenting ( or at least trying to ) with creating VM's on both. I find tremendous confusion in the various file formats... iso, img, vmx, etc, and in the process, whether we should be creating or importing the image in order to get the VM up and running. I did manage to get a VM running on my QNAP before they "upgraded" Virtualization Station to 4.0 Beta. Also, using VMware's free utility also seems to have changed in how it creates its output image file(s). I do find VM's tremendously useful but I've hit a bit of a brick wall.

[@oliverreidy8864]

Hello Will, as always very informative and precise - Well done.

[@bjtaudio]

Not quite sure why Microsoft did not allow setup at the beginning so you the administrator could leave and come back with it installed ready, but the reason may because it so badly designed that it may not be possible to do this, note also windows sill needs to be rebooted over and over too, piss poor. Also the remark about the illusion of having you're privacy is so true and I can see you're frustration. cool video thanks

[@shrubs2k2]

Great tutorial. I've been using Virtual box for many years under Win and Linux. My 923+ and Seagate HDDs (Not WD for reasons in your other videos) will arrive in a few days. Once my data is migrated to the new NAS from the old, I will make some time to learn this as I run some testing software in VMs. Thanx for all the videos

[@noornikmansalleh1365]

Hi, I can't install windows 11 pro on my 923+. System not met min requirement. Anyone know how to solve this?

[@fredfarnackle5455]

Thank you for a very comprehensive instructional video. Much appreciated! 😎

[@Wesmosis]

Which SSD do you recommend for VM on Synology ds1520+?

[@PatrickBijvoet]

Thanks, it works. I do not need a VM, but had some time to spare and wanted to see if I could get it working.

[@nicholyeb]

Hey Will, recently purchased a DS1821+ to migrate from a DROBO 5N and have been following all your tutorials for my home setup. Thanks for taking the time to do them, its really appreciated. Did have three questions after looking at this video I was hoping you could answer. 1. By opening up a network to the internet, does this expose my data in other storage pools to cyber attacks or is it isolated? 2. How do I access my files on the Synology from the VM located on the Synology? Currently its via ethernet from a laptop. How do you establish the link with the VM 3. If i connect my Drobo to the designated port on the Synology and am able to access my Synology Shared folders through the VM, can I use the VM to manage the migration of Data from my Drobo to the Synology in the background? Any feedback is welcome.

[@RobHoffman83]

We are using a VM on our synology at a remote location as a backup Active Directory DC just in case the vpn tunnel goes down. It does what it needs to do.

[@marcus_cole_2]

Help Biggest problem is having a mouse are you have to cut and drag for a mouse or have a flickering mouse or no mouse at all I don't know what I'm doing wrong but I don't have a natural smooth Mouse.... That and I'm wondering is there anyway logging into a virtual machine similar to remote desktop without having to go through DSM and its virtual machine interface yes have the machine running in the background Bridges login through vcn or something of that nature to log into the machine that way it is and more smooth ER function in case the browser is not working and that you can actually use it anywhere windows , android, unix all have this bad mouse.... use edge bower and opra

[@trucker878]

Love this video. Thanks!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Trullala-wi8rm]

Maybe some help for problems with network: in my installation the last step connection to network would not work. I had to deinstall the Intel(R) PRO NETWORK connection (which showed a warning). Then after looking for new hardware the connection was working and the network with synology worked well.

[@MarcelAdamCG]

thx, that fixed it for me!

[@El-hl7oi]

Thanks for the tutorial. Unfortunately I keep getting stuck in an endless boot loop during the install (around your 12:00 mark) that says 'why did my PC restart?' and the solution is to click 'next' to check for an update however this just starts the loop again. Would appreciate any insight. Thanks.

[@glennadams7047]

Great tutorial. With the limitations imposed by the memory and proc, what are the use cases for this ? I'm using Parallels on my MBP which works well.

[@VideoNOLA]

Masterfully presented. Well in my way now...

[@Techie4life]

Great job. Can you do a tutorial about docker containers

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yes I have been meaning too! I have always had a ton of trouble with docker so I have been getting better before I do a tutorial on it!

[@bubba9842]

Hi, Video is well done but it does not cover how to make this work from off the local LAN. Port forwarding is required but no info seems to be available on which ports are needed to make this work correctly,.

[@SpaceRexWill]

You do not want to open RDP to the internet. It’s unsafe. You should look at a VPN server

[@bubba9842]

@@SpaceRexWill That's what I ended up doing. It's just so slow.. Thanks for the quick reply. Your Tutorials are one of the best on the "InterWebs" ;-)

[@schweppescreamsoda]

Great stuff! Keep it up!!

[@hgodtx]

14:05..."I like a little Privacy in my life"......"Or at least the illusion of it!"! Perfectly stated! Google knows everyone's shit! Even more than anyone can remember about themselves!

[@weiwu7869]

Thank you very much for the tutorial! I installed Win10 on my Synology NAS 224+, but it seems to be very sluggish on the webpage even when I just try to move my cursor around. Is there any way to fix it? I see in your video your Win10 system works perfectly fine.

[@reneGOW]

Will this is a great tutorial but I have one question does this work on a NAS that runs AMD RyzenTM V1500B quad-core 2.2 GHz? Thanks René

[@strycinek]

nice tutorial, thanks

[@rarams88]

No btrfs storage available error , whereas my volume was created with btrfs and is in raid 1 configuration, please guide with this error.

[@thatguymattb]

@SpaceRex I'm having an issue with creating the storage resource, it doesn't recognize my storage volume as BTRFS even though I have checked the settings to ensure the storage volume is BTRFS. I am running RAID 0 on my configuration on a DS220+. I would really appreciate any advice on what I am possibly doing wrong or why it isn't recognizing the storage pool as BTRFS. Thanks.

[@SpaceRexWill]

That is really weird. I would first make sure that you have addd the volume in virtual machine manager

[@thatguymattb]

@@SpaceRexWill I believe I found what I was missing. There was already a resource created from my only volume. Not sure how, but it was just there. Thanks for the reply! Enjoy the videos.

[@johnthegreek80]

Thank you!

[@cyberwasp461]

Excellent tutorial. Quick question. Can you install a windows 10 from a bare metal backup?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Should be able to. Depends on the bare metal backup

[@MichaelwAEL]

Nice Video. Good Job!! I am about to launch adding a VM so I can run ONLY a cloud desktop client to upload my backups to the Cloud - no other apps. The company does not offer a client app to run on synology and have not indicated they will do so. The cloud backup is cheap compared to others and serves my purpose. My goal is to backup content from my PC to the NAS and let the NAS-VM configuration take its time to upload the backup to the cloud as upload speeds are horrible. That way I can shut down my PC at night and let the NAS-VM do its thing. I noticed in other videos they included links to Windows Virtio Drivers. In your video you did not install these additional drivers? Do you think they are needed for my minimal use case? Thanks again for such great videos. I am learning so much and I appreciate you take your time to explain things that most of us are just learning. Kudos my friend.

[@geekciber3398]

Alguien conoce una alternativa, es que cuando enciendo la maquina virtual me dice error y no encikende la maquina virtual

[@williamsuen1831]

Even though I see that you get the KZbin to play videos, the audio doesn't seem to be installed/working. Is there a way to fix it? (Because I am experiencing the same thing)

[@sudhirkankal]

Wonderful was able to setup as guided

[@MihStet]

Thank you for a great job! Is it possible to access the windows remotely using Remote desktop connection? I tried to connect from the LAN but no way.

[@MihStet]

Soleved by myself, thanks! :)

[@ez3170]

I don't see the virtual manager in package center, what to do ?

[@supersayianz]

Noob question: is the vmware always stuck at 1hz? This is my first time tying out, not sure what settings are required.

[@Norain1992]

Hey thanks for the tutorial I would like to run a Davinci Resolve project server on my Synology NAS. Is this best done with a VM running Windows/Linux or via Docker and PostgreSQL? LG

[@damianochocki7166]

hello, could you record a video on how to use vpn to remotely connect to my windows computer which is on the same network as synology NAS (DS220 +)? I was looking for information on this subject, but so far I have not been able to. I mainly want to control it with a Samsung phone with fold 4. on a large screen it could be a big help

[@amardipaembonan2715]

if you install windows on a synology virtual machine, can it be accessed from anywhere using the internet?

[@fordsrmaster]

I tried to follow your guide, but I had no network connection issues. As soon as I did the Windows 1o install it just worked. I did use all the default network connections.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Well glad that it all worked out!

[@wfp9378]

I need some help. Been able to get WinXP up and running with this tutorial. But no sound. I also tried Windows 95/98/Me and it freezes on the first start up with a flashing "_" cursor on a black screen. Ideally I would like to get sound working in Win98, and install all my kids old games on it, as well as having software 3DFX emulation so the grand kids can play some of the older edutainment titles I have. I have been able to do some of this with Dosbox and SCUMM_VM on my Macmini but it would be nice to do on the NAS Many of the old CDROMs are starting to get to the age they may start flaking and becoming unreadable, so virtualization of these would be great. The wife would also be happy to see me start selling off all my ancient hardware.

[@sudhirkankal]

Can you prepare video for windows 11 lite on Synology nas

[@tomasmolina8617]

I checked all your videos and find nothing about uploading your synology backup data there to a cloud storage provider like google drive, I have 790gb of data i like to put it on google cloud to have another layer of security against ransomware virus. very good videos I subscribed, thank you.

[@Boneamps]

I've watched every tutorial there is on these VM installations, the main problem I have with all of them is: Yeah after you create the VM you can connect through the browser, but that Sucks! What if I really want to use the machine as my main computer and have dual monitors and want to connect to the VM and be able to see the multiple monitors? Is there any software that can be used to connect that will allow this?

[@SpaceRexWill]

For this I use RDP (have a video on it)

[@sneakyc4016]

Thx for the video. Easy to follow and very informative +++++

[@BradleySkaggsNYC]

First of all, Thanks SpaceRex for another great video. Newbie question here. It seems to me I could set up a virtual machine an install QuickBooks for Windows. My questions is is it possible then to somehow give my accountant access to the virtual machine so they could do their accounting work? If so, how?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yes you can! Are they are going to be remote or local to your network?

[@BradleySkaggsNYC]

Great. They would be remote so the question is how they would access it. Thanks for your help.

[@SpaceRexWill]

You can setup a VPN server and have them connect to it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnfCh5qsiJ5jgaM

[@BradleySkaggsNYC]

@@SpaceRexWill Your tutorial is perfect and everything went as you said. However, once the VM was set up, I ran into an issue being able to connect to the NAS via Open VPN. OpenVPN works fine but the IP address I use, failed to connect (ends with .43). It seems the VM was using the same IP address. I noticed in Windows that it's IP address was the same but ended in .44). My question, is how do I get around this? I need to be able to VPN into the NAS at .43 and be able to VPN to the VM as well. Any insight is appreciated. Thanks!

[@365tactical8]

Hi SpaceRex, Im having a problem with Vswitch. Synology DS1019+ I have a aggregation Balance TCP with Unifi Switch, when I enable on NAS Vswitch it doesn't connect any more. After that I need to disable aggregation in unifi switch to be able to connect back to NAS. So how to enable vswitch with aggregation ports so I can install VM? Thank you

[@SpaceRexWill]

Hmmm that seems like a really strange issue. It should work... I honestly do not really know what else you could try, Sorry!

[@tomravelingien3817]

Can you use USB ports on the NAS through the VM?

[@arksurvivalevolved9190]

Hello my friend, did it working fine, although I had to add IP's on my network to get internet. One question and excuse my luck of experience, in the case that I have an application running on VM and another friends logs on with rights, will he/she have to run the VM and run the app again? I mean he/she can't login and find the APP running? Appreciate info... regards and great videos as usual...

[@SpaceRexWill]

If you both hit the same login information within windows it should just carry over

[@tarunprakashsingh]

How can we connect to VM using RDP? I have read many places it works better also we can get sound working via that... please let me know how to get VM working via RDP Remote Desktop And get the sound working. Thanks

[@justinmartinez4893]

This is a fantastic video. If I installed Plex on a windows vm I wonder if my local network would pick it up ?

[@SpaceRexWill]

It should! Though I would probably just install it on a Linux VM if you want to go that route

[@justinmartinez4893]

@@SpaceRexWill I think I’ll try to install it just on the nas and not use a vm after all. I just haven’t come across many Plex dsm7 tutorials

[@llpick3415]

how do I connect to the VM from the internet using ddns to the synology nas

[@miguelbarajas9892]

Hey Will, I saw there was an X next to the speaker icon in the bottom right of the screen. Does that mean there is no way to enable audio?

[@atpdark]

The NAS does not have a built-in audio card. The only thing I can think of is that you buy a USB audio card, and put it in the NAS. It might work ... it might NOT ...

[@pixidi7391]

Great video

[@fredfarnackle5455]

Hi SpaceRex, I have Windows 10 Pro running on my Synology DS718+ under DSM 6.2.3-25426. It’s working OK but I have three problems I hope you can help with: 1. Cannot cut and paste between Mac and Windows. 2. Cannot use USB stick with Windows, I have USB 3 enabled on Windows but they always go straight to Mac. 3. No sound on Windows. Not a big problem, but annoying. Many thanks, Fred.

[@SpaceRexWill]

What portal are you using to connect to windows?

[@fredfarnackle5455]

@@SpaceRexWill Using Chrome browser, Log into DS718+ then start Virtual Machine Manager and click Connect for VM machine. Opens Windows in a new tab. Is there another way?

[@glennjacobs2004]

Good Instructions, but can u advise me with an question aswel? I used to run gameservers on windows versions, now i installed the docker on my nas server but i am totally not used with the SSH commands so i prefered to just open the maps and edit the files myself(like in windows) is this even possible? Or do i need to install the virtual machine to run gameservers since i am farmiliar with that? Or is there a settings so that i can see all files like the JSON configs

[@SpaceRexWill]

The SSH commands are really easy to learn once you understand them and will allow you much better performance. Really all you need to know are ls, cd, and vi. I would look into en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Linux_Guide/merge/Linux_For_Newbies/Command_Line

[@phasetek]

@SpaceRex Great video! I got the VM running, but the ONLY video adapter I could get it to display with is "vga" in the virtual machine settings, and max resolution is 800x600. I installed the Iso image of the synology vmware guest tools, and I still can't get it to display higher than 800x600. the vmvga adapter just displays out of sync video. Is there some way to get windows into higher resolution?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Remote Desktop might work better for you kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJK4eJSnprd0a5Y

[@phasetek]

@@SpaceRexWill I found the problem it’s a bug in virtual machine manager if you use UEFI bios. Had to reinstall OS with Legacy bios and it worked fine. I was trying to migrate an existing VM, so it was a lot of extra work to reinstall everything. But I did some searching, and this issue is documented

[@TapTwice]

Is it powerful enough to run a surveillance program like blue iris with 2 cameras?

[@SpaceRexWill]

The VM? depends on your model. Why not use surveillance station

[@TapTwice]

@@SpaceRexWill it's getting a bit expensive if you start to add more cameras

[@SpaceRexWill]

That is a fair point. If you are looking to host something in a VM I would look at Linux based. It’s going to be a ton more light weight and run a lot smoother. I don’t know any off the top of my head but I am sure there are many open source options

[@noeramos8528]

A quick question. There is something not very clear to me, once installed can you access the VM remotely (as you do with the Synology photos, audio station, etc) or just while you are on the same network?

[@SpaceRexWill]

So with a VPN you can connect back, but I have had trouble conecting via Synology as it uses some L2 functionality I think. but RDP should work remotely

[@harryleyton8286]

Buen video bro!!

[@anderssjohansson376]

Thanks again. Can you enable sound output when using the virtual machine?

[@SpaceRexWill]

There have been a few people who have asked about this. I am not sure of any way to enable sound. Maybe RDP?

[@anderssjohansson376]

@@SpaceRexWill You are right - when using Microsoft Remote Desktop sound output is possible to enable (and many more). W10 on my Synology DS1019+ is running much much better using Remote Desktop on my Mac than using "Connect" via the Virtual Manager, huge difference!

[@FlashFaces]

I can install Windows 7 our 10 on My Ds 2411+ ???

[@TheBillsax]

Is it possible I got sound in win 10 on Synology VM

[@famillebun5818]

Hi can you help me, I cannot select more than 2 CPU and 2Gb of RAM. Why ?

[@puddingnabu]

Great video! thanks! Is it possible to migrate a physical box to the synology VM?

[@SpaceRexWill]

I am not sure. I know synology takes popular formats from VMware (might be a different hypervisor, can’t remember) but they Likly have a migration tool.

[@anderssjohansson376]

Thanks for the really excellent video. W10 is now running on VMM on my DS1019+ but I cannot find and open the files I have stored on the ssd volume I use, how can I find the files? Thanks /Anders

[@SpaceRexWill]

You are going to have to mount them to the VM as if it were a regular computer

[@ewfzappadis]

Hi my Friend ! Very instructive vidéo ! Bravo !

[@SpaceRexWill]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@filhodosapo7794]

how to install audio output on Virtual Machine?

[@droneforfun5384]

What if you access DSM from explorer in the virtual machine, and create a virtual machine in the virtual machine?

[@SpaceRexWill]

🤯

[@shiroyuki1017]

Hi Spacerex, thank you for the guide. i have successfully created the virtual machine on synology. however, when its powered on, im having difficulty connecting to it. it gave me a red bar on top stating Failed to connect to server. Am using firefox to access, have tried chrome and edge with no success too. would you be able to help?

[@SpaceRexWill]

The VM needs to be fully booted sometimes

[@shiroyuki1017]

@@SpaceRexWill Hi Spacerex, its still the same result after letting it fully bootup for 10 mins. Am trying to perform a fresh Win10 install.

[@ELEVOPR]

I'm a bit confused. So a virtual machine is not a clone of my pc? It's a new Virtual Machine? Is there a way I can Run my machine from home remotely? like connect to my pc. Sorry but I am kinda new to this. We want to travel but my wife needs access to her pc, that is why I ask.

[@SpaceRexWill]

Ah. You are looking for Remote Desktop. I have a video on setting up a VPN. Use that to create a VPN and connect back to your home network. Once you have done that you can use Remote Desktop to get into a computer securely

[@gowriprasad2382]

i have a pre installed VM ware disk , can i mount directly in to Synology ?

[@SpaceRexWill]

There are a few options that you can import from with Synology VM manager; pretty sure VM ware is one of them

[@sudhirkankal]

How do I increase volume size of C drive. Getting low space warnings and errors for windows updates or installation

[@SpaceRexWill]

You can expand it through VM manager then windows has a “expand volume” option somewhere

[@sudhirkankal]

@@SpaceRexWill no such options seen on DS718+

[@stevengutierrez605]

nice men , the cool thing also you could RDP to it also

[@GGDev01]

Correction: *BTRFS is ButterFS*

[@dominickdacosta8368]

Hey can you do a virtual machine for Apple iOS?

[@SpaceRexWill]

I believe you can only do that from a Mac, I am sure someone has build a hackintosh within a VM, but the amount of hours you would put in to get it working would be too much

[@syuaibyahya5422]

Did the minecraft work?

[@hhegpsc2968]

how to reset virtual machine manager windows 10 password??

[@rafaelrodriguez3400]

What Synology nas you have? DS1019+ can only take up to 4 VM.

[@SpaceRexWill]

I have the 1819+. are you getting a hard VM limit?

[@rafaelrodriguez3400]

I’m not. I tried to install windows 10 when I bought my Synology and it was super slow. I had to use windows 8.1 and it works better but some apps like edge slow down my VM.

[@drofwarcnwahs2108]

@@rafaelrodriguez3400 Realize the processors in the Synology are pokey. Frequently Atom processors. An M3 processor runs laps around the Atom. So Windows will run slow, period. I was running stand alone apps on some Windows VMs where speed wasn't a big issue. Recently moved them to docker containers. Ubuntu with sufficient RAM works just fine.

[@rafaelrodriguez3400]

I will need to look in to docker. I’m sharing the VMs with my family mostly to use office. Nothing out of the ordinaries.

[@zawarnd1]

Please make Video 3cx ip phone

[@John-eq8cu]

You didn't know 3 years ago that newer "+" models would start adopting AMD Ryzen chips. My new DS923+ has one, and it is a big increase in performance. So as of now, you do NOT need an intel CPU to run a VM, but you still need a powerful CPU. I had VMM running on my older DS918+ with 16GB of memory, and that Celeron J3545 was totally unusable. UNUSABLE. In the VM, click on a menu and wait 30 seconds for the menu to appear. Unusable, because the storage was too slow. But I was using an NVMe volume with fast SSDs. Doesn't matter, because the slow storage is because of a weak CPU. I benchmarked the VM disk at 25 MB/sec, not the 2500 MB/sec you'd expect. It's because of a weak CPU and the slow PCIe 2.0 behind it. So if you want to use a VM on your Synology NAS, only try it on plus-series NAS with 8GB+ of memory, and it should be less than 2 years old.

[@martino577]

Grazie bello!

[@SpaceRexWill]

Happy to help!

[@paulgeorge1972]

Hey, Thanks for the tutorial. I am planning to buy Synology ds920+ for my media and development works. Can I install Plex and load virtual machines in same volume? Or do I need to create different volumes for both? (I understand that the volume should be Btrfs) Thanks in advance

[@wfp9378]

Yes you can. You can also install and run Docker too. I sam doing all this and more on a bare bones 920+. I do suggest you add at least 4GB of RAM, and 2x SSDs for faster access and running of everything, but without these enhancements you still can run them. Regarding the RAM upgrade. Synology parrots Intels page on this CPU, which says it is designed for a maximum of 8GB of RAM. However many have tested and reported running with both 8 and 16GB sticks with no issues. It's your money, know the risks, but you aren't going to destroy your NAS with more RAM. You can always uninstall it easily enough. Though you may lose whatever was cached in the RAM at the time of it "failing" IF it does.

[@arksurvivalevolved9190]

I suppose every login is a new session..

[@seanfitzz]

What % of total RAM on your Synology does the 8GB you assigned to the VM represent? Can a Windows 10 VM run on a 218+ with 6GB total RAM?

[@SpaceRexWill]

Yes! DSM requires very little RAM. I would leave it at least 1 gig

[@adamspice9076]

hahah how he talks its funny

[@tonyrking]

Great job. but, er.. wow. Damn you're good looking. lol

[@DezeTimisTim]

15:35 what is happening to your face?

[@S1L3nCe]

Windows 10 runs terrible and it is a common issue. Apparently it has to do with Synology's outdated QEMU, which is not working well with W10.

[@Li.Siyuan]

You publish lots of good material but I really wish you'd learn to commentate on your videos without sounding like a computer. You tend to say around 5-6 words, then pause briefly and say another 5-6 words with a strange falling-rising tone at the end of each mouthful. This, I'm afraid, makes my ears bleed and it's a real shame, since the content is otherwise well presented and interesting. Not criticising but trying to help you improve and attract more subscribers.

[@5938-g1o]

Hi.. thanks for the great tutorials. Can I invoke RDP ON a virtual machine to access ANOTHER machine through the internet? Thanks in advance for any guidance

[@SpaceRexWill]

I would setup a VPN and use that to connect if you can. It’s much more secure