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Step-By-Step: Enabling Hyper-V for use on Windows 10

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Virtualization provides a plethora of solutions from making the most of an organization’s hardware investment to running specific applications in other OS offerings. Windows 8 was the first Windows client operating system to include hardware virtualization support natively. Using the same technology found in Windows Server 2012 R2, the embedded Hyper-V client allowed IT professionals to move VMs from server to client without the requirement to re-learn the use of Hyper-V features and tools. Further enhancements were introduced in Windows 8.1 such as Enhanced Session Mode, enabling high fidelity graphics for connections to VM's using the RDP protocol, and USB redirection which is enabled from the host to VM's.

Windows 10 brings further enhancements to the native hypervisor offering.  These include:

  • Hot add and remove for memory and network adapters – works with generation 2 virtual machines running both Windows and Linux
     
  • Windows PowerShell Direct – the ability to run commands inside a virtual machine from the host operating system
     
  • Linux secure boot - Ubuntu 14.04 and later, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 OS offerings running on generation 2 virtual machines are now able to boot with the secure boot option enabled
     
  • Hyper-V Manager Down-level management - Hyper-V manager can manage computers running Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
     

Step 1: Prerequisites

The following prerequisites are required to successfully run Client Hyper-V on Windows 10:

Step 2: Setting Up Hyper-V

  1. Ensure that hardware virtualization support is turned on in the BIOS settings
     

     
  2. Save the BIOS settings and boot up the machine normally
     
  3. Click the search icon (magnified glass) on the taskbar
     
  4. Type turn windows features on or off and select that item
     
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  5. Select and enable Hyper-V
     
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  6. If Hyper-V was not previously enabled, reboot the machine to apply the change.
     
    NOTE: As a best practice, configure networking for the Hyper-V environment to support external network connections. Also ensure that a virtual switch has been created and is functional.
     
  7. Click the search icon (magnified glass) on the taskbar, type Hyper-V Manager and select the item
     
    NOTE: Right click Hyper-VManager to pin it to the task bar
     
  8. Open the Virtual Switch Manager, found on the Actions panel in the Hyper-V Manager, by typing Hyper-V at the Start Screen
     
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  9. Select Virtual Switch Manager in the Actions pane
     
  10. Ensure that External is highlighted, and then click on the Create Virtual Switch button
     
  11. If more than one NIC in is present, ensure that the proper NIC is selected for use on the VM external network connections
     
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Comments

  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2016
    no search icon in task bar
    • Anonymous
      August 09, 2016
      Try clicking on the Windows Key. Should bring up the Start Menu and then you'll be able to search.
  • Anonymous
    December 15, 2016
    Well explained!!!!
  • Anonymous
    February 04, 2017
    Which versions of windows 10 support client hyper V?Windows 10 Home 64 BitWindows 10 Enterprise 64 BitWindows 10 Pro 32 BitWindows Enterprise 32 Bit
    • Anonymous
      February 06, 2017
      Both Enterprise and Pro support client hyper-v.
  • Anonymous
    February 06, 2017
    I was trying to install windows 7 in hyper-v but on logon there was an error "Logon Process Initialization Failure -- please guide me what I have to do for this errorI am using windows 10 Pro-N
  • Anonymous
    March 14, 2017
    GOOD STEPS
  • Anonymous
    March 31, 2017
    Hi! Great guide, thank you. I have Hyper-V enabled in bios but I can't seem to find Hyper-V as an option in programs and features. Any idea what could be the problem? Thank you.
    • Anonymous
      June 28, 2017
      You can't find it in control panel because it is only available in "pro" and "Enterprise" versions of Windows only. If you don't see it there, skip it, it's not a big deal
  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2017
    Thank you this was a great tutorial!
  • Anonymous
    August 16, 2017
    Thanks,Had a little trouble finding this page, but it was a great help. Very concise.