Hyper-V internal network

hv-internal-switch

Hyper-V internal network allows communication to happen only across VMs and between the host and VM.

Assign the VM's network adapter to the Hyper-V internal switch.
We can change the ip address range on the internal hyper-v network switch to say 10.0.0.1 with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0
Assign VM a static ip address to match the ip address range of the internal switch. ex: 
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#iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth0 inet static
  address 10.0.0.2
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  gateway 10.0.0.1
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Allow the host to recieve p from the VMs. From powershell:
  Set-NetFirewallRule -Name "FPS-ICMP4-ERQ-In" -Enabled True

Verify ping works both ways i.e. host-to-vm and vm-to-host

Few other settings (need to verify)
On the hyper-v network adaptor settings:
  Advanced features -- MAC address -- select "static"
  VLAN is can remain unchecked.