For my purposes, I will be doing application testing, so this should be enough for the operating system in addition to the applications I will be testing. This choice will be dependent on how much you have available. If you are basing your needs around legacy or older applications, go with Generation 1.Ĭhoose how much memory you would like to give the virtual machine. So if you have additional partitions or a drive, then you can browse and save it there.Ĭhoose the type of generation you would prefer to use. I can give my Virtual Machine a name and specify its location where I want it stored. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions. This will start the Create New Virtual Machine wizard. Under the Actions pane click New > Virtual Machine. This selection will enable the actions pane on the right. In the left pane of the Hyper-V Manager, select your machine name. Next, you’ll need to open the hidden quick access menu by hitting Windows key+X and then go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Hyper-V Manager. Windows will go through a series of restarts and configure your system. Then wait while Windows installs and configures Hyper-V. You will be prompted to restart to confirm changes. Once it has loaded all the features, check off all the options for Hyper-V and click OK. This action will open Turn Windows features on or off. Press Windows key+R and type: optionalfeatures.exe hit Enter. Virtualization Technology (VTx)Virtualization Technology Directed I/O (VTd)Search virtualization setting in BIOS and enable the settingSave BIOS settings (usually F10)Power off the computer, wait for a few seconds, and start the computer Setting Up Hyper-V # On my Computer, I had to hit the F10 key, select my language, select Security > System Configuration and enable the following: This process might vary according to the brand, so consult your computer’s manual for instructions on how to load the BIOS.
Restart the computer and enter BIOS setup (usually by hitting the F2, F10, or F12 key) on your keyboard before the computer loads the Windows operating system.
To find out if it does, read our article on SLAT (Secondary Level Address Translation) extension that will help you determine if the PC can even run Hyper-V.Virtualization must be enabled in your computer’s BIOS or Firmware. Hyper-V isn’t available in Windows 10 Home edition.Your CPU needs to support SLAT technology. Oh, and it’s a free hypervisor, so that makes leveraging it even better!Ħ4-bit edition of Windows 10 Pro or Windows Enterprise. Hyper-V is also an excellent way to try and test apps before using them in your primary production environment. Personally, I decided to do this because I need to do some compatibility testing. The benefits include the ability to run multiple operating systems at the same time as long as you have enough hardware resources. Let’s take a look at setting up a Virtual Machine using the built-in Hyper-V technology.
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