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Also known as Microsoft Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server, Windows Server Hyper-V, Windows Server Virtualization, Hyper-v, Devil

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor developed by Microsoft; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems running Windows. It is included in Pro and Enterprise editions of Windows (since Windows 8) as an optional feature to be manually enabled. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks.

Key facts

Software.name: Hyper-V
Software.screenshot: Hyper-V Windows 10 guest.png
Software.caption: A Windows 10 Hyper-V guest virtual machine running inside a Windows 10 host
Software.developer: Microsoft
Software.replaces: Windows Virtual PCMicrosoft Virtual Server
Software.operating system: Windows ServerWindows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 (x64; Pro, Enterprise and Education)
Software.genre: Native hypervisor
Software.license: Proprietary

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Hyper-V virtualization in Windows Server and Windows | Microsoft Learn

Learn about Hyper-V virtualization technology to run virtual machines, its key features, benefits, and how to get started in Windows Server and Windows. Discover common uses and scenarios.

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Wikidata facts

Official website: learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/hyper-v-overview?pivots=windows
Image: Hyper-V.png

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described at URL: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/hyper-v-on-windows-server
Stack Exchange tag: stackoverflow.com/tags/hyper-v
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27 sections

Contents

Overview
Hyper-V Server
Architecture
System requirements
Supported guests
Windows Server 2008 R2
Linux support
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Backward compatibility
Limitations
Audio
Optical drives pass-through
VT-x/AMD-V handling
Performance degradation
Client operating systems
Feature changes per version
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2025
See also
References
Further reading
External links

==Overview== Codenamed Viridian and briefly known before its release as Windows Server Virtualization, a beta version was shipped with certain x86-64 editions of Windows Server 2008. The finalized version was released on June 26, 2008 and was delivered through Windows Update. Hyper-V has since been released with every version of Windows Server starting with version 2012, superseding Microsoft Virtual Server, and starting with Windows 8, Hyper-V has been the hardware virtualization component for personal computers, superseding Windows Virtual PC.