VM Template bypass Local Admin Password, can it be done?

Question

I was curious to know if there was a way to create a VM from Template in VMM without having to supply a password in the OS Configuration properties? I know that if we leave that field blank normally, when the VM creation occurs, it will get to about 98%
and hang. When you "Connect via Console" option, it is sitting at the screen asking you to supply a password, then the installation finishes, and the VM is ready to go. We are trying to set up VM Templates in SCVMM 2012 R2 that are going to be more
or less a user self-service situation. We have several powershell scripts that automate nearly 100% of our admin tasks for us, and in the VM Template, there is a simple batch file that copies down a directory, and launches a script and away it goes. After
10-15 minutes, the Hyper-V VM is joined to our domain, page file virtual memory is set based on specs of VM, WSUS is connected and all updates applied since template creation, etc etc etc...
Our goal is to have the server log on after creation from a template, run the bat file on the D:\ drive, and go completely untouched from start to finish. The Local Administrator account is renamed and given a new password as part of the setup postload scripts.
But the only way to get the VM to do this is by putting in an initial password in the properties of the VM. How can we create a VM from template without supplying any password? So that once SCVMM creates the powered off VM, the person who created the VM powers
it on, and then after their 15 minute break, have a server joined to the domain and ready for them to log into.

Answer 1

Thank you for the reply, I appreciate it.
I wasn't as clear as I should have been, reading over the initial post I see that now. We have these set up as Service Templates. There is a hardcoded Admin password already supplied in the Machine Tier properties so it does allow from start to creation
a VM. But then none of the scripts we have set under the "Run Once" property of the configuration will run until an initial logon is provided, then the scripts kick off, the VM reboots twice and 15 minutes later....voila! Server ready to go. It was that initial
logon we were wondering about bypassing.
The basic process goes as such:
1) Service Template launched with "Deploy" option in App Controller or SCVMM
2) VM Guest syspreps from Machine Tier VM Template and configuration, a local admin password is provided, and VM powers on when complete.
3) VM Guest stays powered on until local admin hits cntrl+alt+del, provides local admin password
4) Run Once configuration kicks in, reads the "Auto_script.bat" file from root of D:
5) Scripts join VM Guest to domain, uses domain credentials, runs a whole series of tasks, removes the domain credentials, reboots server.
6) Server is now ready for customer to log on to and use, fully updated, on the domain, based on service template used also with the appropriate roles and features configured (File Server, IIS, etc).
It's that step 3 we are hoping to get around somehow with scripts or whatever so that when the VM guest is powered on after creation, something other than the end user or us cntrl+alt+del the OS, logs on with admin password and fully automated deployment
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