Most of us using VMware Workstation as a virtualization platform for creating Labs for testing or learning purpose but it is not free of cost. Now Microsoft provides the ability virtualize your desktop operating system Windows 8 and Windows 10 without installing any other software.
In this Post, I will sharing information how to enable this feature on your Desktop machine running with Windows 10.
System requirements
Hyper-V is available on 64-bit versions of Windows Professional, Enterprise, and Education in Windows 8 and later.
It is not available on Windows Home and Mobile edition.
Supported Guest Operating System
Refer Microsoft Website
Hardware Requirements
Below are Minimum requirement
- 64-bit Processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).
- CPU support for VM Monitor Mode Extension (VT-c on Intel CPU’s).
- Minimum of 4 GB memory.
Features should be enabled in BIOS
- Virtualization Technology
- Hardware Enforced Data Execution Prevention.
Enabling Hyper-V Virtualization Feature
Hyper-V is available on the widow’s features section; you have enable this feature from Windows Feature section on Control Panel
- Navigate to Control Panel -> Programs and Features ->Turn Windows Feature on or off
- When the Windows Features open, check the Hyper-V option. Then click Ok
- New Windows will appear and it will automatically search the required files as first stage and it will apply the required changes to enable the feature , its just install the Hyper-V binaries to your Windows .
- Once it is completed new window will prompt for a reboot , Click on Restart now .
- Search Hyper-V Manager from Start Menu and Select
Hyper-V window will open and you can start using feature
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