Deliverable 1. Hunt down the VHD file associated with your Ubuntu Base Image and give that file read only permissions. Provide a screenshot similar to the one below.
Deliverable 2. Provide a screenshot similar to the one below that shows sonofubuntu running as well as the very tiny difference disk attributes similar to the screenshot below.
Deliverable 3. stop sonofubuntu
Stop-VM-Name "sonofubuntu"
Deliverable 4. take a checkpoint of sonofubuntu called snapshot1
Deliverable 7. Create a new Base VM using an OS that is not Ubuntu
Automate the creation of a Linked clone of your new OS base image using Powershell. Provide a screenshot of your successful command(s) and a screenshot of your running OS and the virtual properties of your child disk.