windows_in_docker/assets/win2025.xml

<domain type="kvm">
  <name>Windows Server 2025 Eval</name>
  <uuid>e5f6a7b8-9012-34cd-ef56-7890abcdef12</uuid>
  <description>Windows Server 2025 Eval - Overpowered VM</description>
  <metadata>
    <vmtemplate xmlns="unraid" name="Windows Server 2025 Eval" icon="windows.png" os="windowstpm"/>
  </metadata>

  <!-- Memory: 64 GB -->
  <memory unit="KiB">67108864</memory>
  <currentMemory unit="KiB">67108864</currentMemory>

  <!-- vCPUs: 32 threads (16 cores × 2 threads) -->
  <vcpu placement="static">32</vcpu>
  <iothreads>4</iothreads>

  <!-- Modern CPU model -->
  <cpu mode="custom" match="exact" check="full">
    <model fallback="allow">Zen-5</model>
    <topology sockets="1" dies="1" cores="16" threads="2"/>
    <feature policy="require" name="svm"/>
    <feature policy="require" name="hypervisor"/>
  </cpu>

  <os>
    <type arch="x86_64" machine="pc-q35-7.2">hvm</type>
    <loader readonly="yes" type="pflash">/usr/share/qemu/ovmf-x64/OVMF_CODE-pure-efi-tpm.fd</loader>
    <nvram>/etc/libvirt/qemu/nvram/win2025eval_VARS-pure-efi-tpm.fd</nvram>
  </os>

  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <hyperv mode="custom">
      <relaxed state="on"/>
      <vapic state="on"/>
      <spinlocks state="on" retries="8191"/>
      <vpindex state="on"/>
      <synic state="on"/>
      <stimer state="on"/>
      <vendor_id state="on" value="none"/>
    </hyperv>
  </features>

  <clock offset="localtime">
    <timer name="hypervclock" present="yes"/>
    <timer name="hpet" present="no"/>
  </clock>

  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>restart</on_crash>

  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/local/sbin/qemu</emulator>

    <!-- GPU passthrough (graphics + audio) -->
    <hostdev mode="subsystem" type="pci" managed="yes">
      <driver name="vfio"/>
      <source>
        <address domain="0x0000" bus="0x03" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
      </source>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x0a" slot="0x00" function="0x0"/>
    </hostdev>
    <hostdev mode="subsystem" type="pci" managed="yes">
      <driver name="vfio"/>
      <source>
        <address domain="0x0000" bus="0x03" slot="0x00" function="0x1"/>
      </source>
      <address type="pci" domain="0x0000" bus="0x0a" slot="0x00" function="0x1"/>
    </hostdev>

    <!-- Looking Glass ivshmem -->
    <shmem name="looking-glass-eval">
      <model type="ivshmem"/>
      <size unit="M">128</size>
    </shmem>
    <channel type="unix">
      <target type="virtio" name="org.qemu.guest_agent.0"/>
      <address type="virtio-serial" controller="0" bus="0" port="1"/>
    </channel>

    <!-- ✅ Alternate virtual audio device (AC97) -->
    <sound model="ac97"/>
    <audio id="1" type="pulseaudio"/>

    <!-- Fast SSD disk -->
    <disk type="file" device="disk">
      <driver name="qemu" type="qcow2" cache="none" io="native"/>
      <source file="/var/lib/libvirt/images/win2025eval-ssd.qcow2"/>
      <target dev="vda" bus="virtio"/>
      <boot order="1"/>
    </disk>

    <!-- Windows Server 2025 Eval installer ISO -->
    <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
      <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
      <source file="/var/lib/libvirt/boot/Win2025Eval.iso"/>
      <target dev="sda" bus="sata"/>
      <boot order="2"/>
      <readonly/>
    </disk>

    <!-- VirtIO drivers ISO -->
    <disk type="file" device="cdrom">
      <driver name="qemu" type="raw"/>
      <source file="/var/lib/libvirt/boot/virtio-win.iso"/>
      <target dev="sdb" bus="sata"/>
      <readonly/>
    </disk>

    <!-- Controllers -->
    <controller type="pci" index="0" model="pcie-root"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="1" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="2" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="3" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="4" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="5" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="6" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="7" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="8" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="9" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="10" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="11" model="pcie-to-pci-bridge"/>
    <controller type="pci" index="12" model="pcie-root-port"/>
    <controller type="virtio-serial" index="0"/>
    <controller type="sata" index="0"/>
    <controller type="usb" index="0" model="qemu-xhci" ports="15"/>

    <!-- Network -->
    <interface type="bridge">
      <mac address="52:54:00:19:a0:d3"/>
      <source bridge="br0.1"/>
      <model type="virtio"/>
    </interface>

    <!-- Inputs -->
    <input type="tablet" bus="usb"/>
    <input type="mouse" bus="ps2"/>
    <input type="keyboard" bus="ps2"/>

    <!-- TPM -->
    <tpm model="tpm-tis">
      <backend type="emulator" version="2.0" persistent_state="yes"/>
    </tpm>

    <!-- Misc -->
    <serial type="pty"/>
    <console type="pty"/>
    <memballoon model="none"/>
  </devices>
</domain>