PowerCLI Example

New-VM.ps1

$Server = "VCENTER SERVER"
$datacenter = Get-Datacenter -Name "DATACENTER NAME"
$cluster = Get-Cluster -Name "CLUSTER NAME" -Location $datacenter
$TemplateName = "TEMPLATE NAME"
$Template = Get-Template -Name $TemplateName -Location $datacenter
$Datastore = Get-DatastoreCluster -Name "DATASTORE NAME"
$ResourcePool = Get-ResourcePool -Name "RESOURCE POOL NAME" -Location $cluster
$folder = "FOLDER NAME"
$vmname = "VM NAME"


$OSType = "Windows"
$OSCSType = "NonPersistent"
$DNSSuffix = "DNS SUFFIX" 
$OrgName = "COMPANY NAME"
$AdminPwd = "LOCAL ADMIN PASSWORD"
$TimeZone = "004"  
$AutoLogonCount = 0 
$ProductKey = "D2N9P-3P6X9-2R39C-7RTCD-MDVJX"  # Generic KMS Client Key
$DNSServer = "DNS IP"
$DomainUser = "DOMAIN USER FOR JOINING"
$DomainPass = "DOMAIN PASS FOR JOINING"

$OSCS = New-OSCustomizationSpec `
    -OSType $OSType `
    -NamingScheme Fixed `
    -NamingPrefix $vmame `
    -Type OSCSType `
    -DNSSuffix $DNSSuffix `
    -Domain $DNSSuffix `
    -OrgName $OrgName `
    -ChangeSid `
    -AdminPassword $AdminPwd `
    -FullName $OrgName `
    -TimeZone $TimeZone `
    -AutoLogonCount $AutoLogonCount `
    -ProductKey $ProductKey `
    -DnsServer  $DNSServer `
    -DomainUsername $DomainUser `
    -DomainPass $DomainPass

$NewVM = New-VM `
    -Name $vmname `
    -ResourcePool $ResourcePool `
    -Template $Template `
    -Datastore $Datastore `
    -DiskStorageFormat Thin `
    -Location $folder `
    -OSCustomizationSpec $OSCS

Start-VM -VM $NewVM

Wait-VM.ps1

	# Wait for customization to complete.  Wait up to 3 minutes.  Typically it takes about 2 minutes.
	$timeout = 0
	$customization_complete = $null
	do {
		Write-Host "Waiting for OSCustomization to complete..."
		$customization_complete = Get-VIEvent -Entity $NewVM -Username "User" | Where-Object {$_.FullFormattedMessage -match "Customization of VM $($NewVM.Name) succeeded"}
		sleep 5
		$timeout +=1
	} while ($customization_complete -eq $null -and $timeout -lt 36)

	if ($timeout -ge 36) {
		throw "OS Customization failed to complete after 3 minutes"
	}
	else {
		Write-Host "OSCustomization completed successfully!"
	}