Like a Docker container, a virtual machine encapsulates an entire OS.

But what makes VMs important? A virtual machine isolates an OS and its applications from the underlying physical hardware. Now that you have Hyper-V installed on your Windows 10 machine, you’re ready to create your first virtual machine. Viewing Hyper-V Manager Window Creating Your First Hyper-V Windows 10 Virtual Machine And the -All parameter installs all of the sub-features of Hyper-V.

The -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V parameter installs the Hyper-V role.The -online parameter enables you to install the Hyper-V role on a running operating system.Next, run the following Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature command to install the Hyper-V role on your host machine where: Open PowerShell as an administrator on your host machine as you’ll need elevated privileges to enable Hyper-V.Ģ. To enable Hyper-V using PowerShell, follow these steps:ġ. The following steps also work on Windows 11 to enable Hyper-V. PowerShell is a scripting language that enables you to automate and manage Windows-based environments. The methods shown below are the most commonly used ones. Why use multiple methods? You might be required to use a specific method to enable Hyper-V in an enterprise environment. Learn multiple ways to enable the Hyper-V role on your host machine. You can enable Hyper-V on your host machine. Now that you have all of the prerequisites out of the way. A CPU processor supported by Intel Mode Extension or AMD-V virtualization extensions.A minimum of 4GB of RAM – This tutorial allocates 8GB of RAM for the VM.Sufficient storage space on your host machine for the VM and its OS – This tutorial allocates 50GB of storage.An ISO file of the OS to install, and a product key, if one is required – This tutorial uses a Window Server 2019 ISO file, but you can use other ISO as well.Note that the Hyper-V feature requires Windows 10 Enterprise, Pro, or Education edition. A host machine running Windows 10 with Hyper-V capabilities – This tutorial uses Windows 10 21H1 as the host machine.Since you will be creating a virtual machine, you will need to have a few things in place to follow along: Ready? Read on to manage VMs like a pro! Prerequisites In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create and manage Hyper-V virtual machines(VM) to get the most out of them with some of the best practices. Not seeing the video? Make sure your ad blocker is disabled.

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