{"id":229,"date":"2019-03-21T09:35:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T09:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.ffteixeira.net\/2019\/03\/21\/install-hyper-v-on-windows-10\/"},"modified":"2019-03-21T09:35:38","modified_gmt":"2019-03-21T09:35:38","slug":"install-hyper-v-on-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ffteixeira.net\/?p=229","title":{"rendered":"Install Hyper-V on Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"metadata page-metadata\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en-us\" style=\"color: var(--text-subtle);font-size: 0.875rem;flex-wrap: wrap;list-style-type: none;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important\" data-bi-name=\"page info\">\n<li class=\"displayDate\" style=\"flex-basis: auto\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Enable Hyper-V to create virtual machines on Windows 10.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Hyper-V can be enabled in many ways including using the Windows 10 control panel, PowerShell (my favorite) or using the Deployment Imaging Servicing and Management tool (DISM). This documents walks through each option.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 1.2em 0px 2em;padding-right: 0.8em;padding-left: 0.8em;border-left-width: 3px;border-style: solid;border-color: var(--border);font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Note:<\/span>\u00a0Hyper-V is built into Windows as an optional feature &#8212; there is no Hyper-V download.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"check-requirements\" class=\"heading-with-anchor\" style=\"line-height: 1.3;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 32px;font-size: 1.75rem;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\">Check Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 16px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-left: 38px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<li>Windows 10 Enterprise, Pro, or Education<\/li>\n<li>64-bit Processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).<\/li>\n<li>CPU support for VM Monitor Mode Extension (VT-c on Intel CPUs).<\/li>\n<li>Minimum of 4 GB memory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">The Hyper-V role\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">cannot<\/span>\u00a0be installed on Windows 10 Home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Upgrade from Windows 10 Home edition to Windows 10 Pro by opening up\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Settings<\/span>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Update and Security<\/span>\u00a0&gt;\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Activation<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">For more information and troubleshooting, see\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var(--primary-base);cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/reference\/hyper-v-requirements\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\">Windows 10 Hyper-V System Requirements<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"enable-hyper-v-using-powershell\" class=\"heading-with-anchor\" style=\"line-height: 1.3;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 32px;font-size: 1.75rem;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\">Enable Hyper-V using PowerShell<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 16px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-left: 38px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Open a PowerShell console as Administrator.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Run the following command:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"code-try-0\" class=\"codeHeader\" style=\"background-color: var(--body-background-dark);flex-direction: row;font-size: 0.8rem;margin-top: 16px;min-height: 30px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\" data-bi-name=\"code-header\"><span class=\"language\" style=\"padding: 2px 16px;flex-grow: 1\">PowerShell<\/span><button class=\"action\" style=\"font-style: inherit;font-variant: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-size: inherit;font-family: inherit;margin: 0px;overflow: visible;cursor: pointer;padding: 2px 10px;border-left-width: 1px;align-items: center\" data-bi-name=\"copy\" data-vivaldi-spatnav-clickable=\"1\"><span>Copy<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<pre style=\"line-height: 19px;font-family: monospace, monospace;border: 1px solid var(--border);background-color: var(--body-background-medium);font-size: 0.875rem;overflow: auto;padding: 16px;margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;direction: ltr\"><code class=\"lang-powershell\" style=\"line-height: 19px;font-family: monospace, monospace;font-size: 0.875rem;direction: ltr;border-radius: 2px;background-color: var(--body-background-medium)\"><span class=\"hljs-pscommand\" style=\"color: #0101fd\">Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature<\/span><span class=\"hljs-parameter\" style=\"color: #007d9a\"> -Online<\/span><span class=\"hljs-parameter\" style=\"color: #007d9a\"> -FeatureName<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-pscommand\" style=\"color: #0101fd\">Microsoft-Hyper<\/span>-V<span class=\"hljs-parameter\" style=\"color: #007d9a\"> -All<\/span>\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">If the command couldn&#8217;t be found, make sure you&#8217;re running PowerShell as Administrator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">When the installation has completed, reboot.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"enable-hyper-v-with-cmd-and-dism\" class=\"heading-with-anchor\" style=\"line-height: 1.3;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 32px;font-size: 1.75rem;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\">Enable Hyper-V with CMD and DISM<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">The Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool (DISM) helps configure Windows and Windows images. Among its many applications, DISM can enable Windows features while the operating system is running.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">To enable the Hyper-V role using DISM:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 16px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-left: 38px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Open up a PowerShell or CMD session as Administrator.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Type the following command:<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div id=\"code-try-1\" class=\"codeHeader\" style=\"background-color: var(--body-background-dark);flex-direction: row;font-size: 0.8rem;margin-top: 16px;min-height: 30px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\" data-bi-name=\"code-header\"><span class=\"language\" style=\"padding: 2px 16px;flex-grow: 1\">PowerShell<\/span><button class=\"action\" style=\"font-style: inherit;font-variant: inherit;font-weight: inherit;font-size: inherit;font-family: inherit;margin: 0px;overflow: visible;cursor: pointer;padding: 2px 10px;border-left-width: 1px;align-items: center\" data-bi-name=\"copy\" data-vivaldi-spatnav-clickable=\"1\"><span>Copy<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<pre style=\"line-height: 19px;font-family: monospace, monospace;border: 1px solid var(--border);background-color: var(--body-background-medium);font-size: 0.875rem;overflow: auto;padding: 16px;margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;direction: ltr\"><code class=\"lang-powershell\" style=\"line-height: 19px;font-family: monospace, monospace;font-size: 0.875rem;direction: ltr;border-radius: 2px;background-color: var(--body-background-medium)\">DISM \/Online \/<span class=\"hljs-pscommand\" style=\"color: #0101fd\">Enable-Feature<\/span> \/All \/FeatureName:<span class=\"hljs-pscommand\" style=\"color: #0101fd\">Microsoft-Hyper<\/span>-V\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/media\/dism_upd.png\" alt=\"Console window showing Hyper-V being enabled.\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">For more information about DISM, see the\u00a0<a style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var(--primary-base);cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/hh824821.aspx\" data-linktype=\"external\">DISM Technical Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"enable-the-hyper-v-role-through-settings\" class=\"heading-with-anchor\" style=\"line-height: 1.3;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 32px;font-size: 1.75rem;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\">Enable the Hyper-V role through Settings<\/h2>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 16px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-left: 38px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Right click on the Windows button and select \u2018Apps and Features\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Select\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Programs and Features<\/span>\u00a0on the right under related settings.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Select\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Turn Windows Features on or off<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Select\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Hyper-V<\/span>\u00a0and click\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">OK<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/media\/enable_role_upd.png\" alt=\"Windows programs and features dialogue box\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">When the installation has completed you are prompted to restart your computer.<\/p>\n<h1 id=\"create-a-virtual-machine-with-hyper-v\" style=\"font-size: 2.5rem;margin-top: -10px;margin-bottom: 0px;line-height: 1.3;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\">Create a Virtual Machine with Hyper-V<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"metadata page-metadata\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en-us\" style=\"color: var(--text-subtle);font-size: 0.875rem;flex-wrap: wrap;list-style-type: none;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important\" data-bi-name=\"page info\">\n<li class=\"displayDate\" style=\"flex-basis: auto\">\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li class=\"displayDate\" style=\"flex-basis: auto\">\u00a0<\/li>\n<li class=\"contributors-holder\" style=\"flex-basis: auto;margin-left: 5px\">\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Create a virtual machine and install its operating system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">We&#8217;ve been building new tools for creating virtual machines so the instructions have changed significantly over the past three releases.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Pick your operating system for the right set of instructions:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 16px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-left: 38px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<li><a style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var(--primary-base);cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/quick-create-virtual-machine#windows-10-fall-creators-update\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\">Windows 10 Fall Creators Update and later<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var(--primary-base);cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/quick-create-virtual-machine#windows-10-creators-update\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\">Windows 10 Creators Update<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"background-color: transparent;color: var(--primary-base);cursor: pointer\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/quick-create-virtual-machine#before-windows-10-creators-update\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\">Windows 10 Anniversary Update and earlier<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Let&#8217;s get started.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"windows-10-fall-creators-update\" class=\"heading-with-anchor\" style=\"line-height: 1.3;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 32px;font-size: 1.75rem;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\">Windows 10 Fall Creators Update<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">In Fall Creators Update, Quick Create expanded to include a virtual machine gallery that can be launched independently from Hyper-V Manager.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">To create a new virtual machine in Fall Creators Update:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 16px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-left: 38px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Open Hyper-V Quick Create from the start menu.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/media\/quick-create-start-menu.png\" alt=\"Quick Create Gallery in the Windows Start menu\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\" \/><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Select an operating system or choose your own by using a local installation source.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/media\/vmgallery.png\" alt=\"Gallery view\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\" \/><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-left: 20px\">\n<li>If you want to use your own image to create the virtual machine, select\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Local Installation Source<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Select\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Change Installation Source<\/span>.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/media\/change-source.png\" alt=\"Button to use a local installation source\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Pick the .iso or .vhdx that you want to turn into a new virtual machine.<\/li>\n<li>If the image is a Linux image, deselect the Secure Boot option.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/media\/toggle-secure-boot.png\" alt=\"Button to use a local installation source\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Select &#8220;Create Virtual Machine&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">That&#8217;s it! Quick Create will take care of the rest.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"windows-10-creators-update\" class=\"heading-with-anchor\" style=\"line-height: 1.3;margin-bottom: 12px;margin-top: 32px;font-size: 1.75rem;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif\">Windows 10 Creators Update<\/h2>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/media\/quickcreatesteps_inked.jpg\" alt=\"Screen shot of the quick create UI\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\" \/><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 16px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-left: 38px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Open Hyper-V Manager from the start menu.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">In Hyper-V Manager, Find\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Quick Create<\/span>\u00a0in the right hand\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Actions<\/span>\u00a0menu.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Customize your virtual machine.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 16px;margin-bottom: 16px;margin-left: 38px\">\n<li>(optional) Give the virtual machine a name.<\/li>\n<li>Select the installation media for the virtual machine. You can install from a .iso or .vhdx file. If you are installing Windows in the virtual machine, you can enable Windows Secure Boot. Otherwise leave it unselected.<\/li>\n<li>Set up network. If you have an existing virtual switch, you can select in the network dropdown. If you have no existing switch, you will see a button to set up an automatic network, which will automatically configure a virtual network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">Click\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Connect<\/span>\u00a0to start your virtual machine. Don&#8217;t worry about editing the settings, you can go back and change them any time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\">You may be prompted to \u2018Press any key to boot from CD or DVD\u2019. Go ahead and do so. As far as it knows, you&#8217;re installing from a CD.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Congratulations, you have a new virtual machine. Now you&#8217;re ready to install the operating system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Your virtual machine should look something like this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/media\/osdeploy_upd.png\" alt=\"Virtual machine start screen\" data-linktype=\"relative-path\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 1.2em 0px 2em;padding-right: 0.8em;padding-left: 0.8em;border-left-width: 3px;border-style: solid;border-color: var(--border);font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 600\">Note:<\/span>\u00a0Unless you&#8217;re running a volume-licensed version of Windows, you need a separate license for Windows running inside a virtual machine. The virtual machine&#8217;s operating system is independent of the host operating system.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Credits:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1rem;margin-bottom: 0px;font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUI, 'Segoe WP', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/enable-hyper-v\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/enable-hyper-v<\/a><br \/><a class=\"moz-txt-link-freetext\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/quick-create-virtual-machine\">https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/virtualization\/hyper-v-on-windows\/quick-start\/quick-create-virtual-machine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<!--more-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enable Hyper-V to create virtual machines on Windows 10. 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