Determining the hardware and compatibility requirements for installing Hyper-V

Hyper-V is supported on the following Windows Server 2016 operating system versions:

  • Windows Server 2016 Standard edition
  • Windows Server 2016 Datacenter edition
  • Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V edition
  • Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016 edition

Along with the software requirements, Hyper-V has some general hardware requirements. Some Hyper-V features require additional hardware requirements. The general Hyper-V hardware requirements include the following:

  • A 64-bit processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT). SLAT is required to install virtualization components, but is not required to install Hyper-V management tools, such as Hyper-V cmdlets for PowerShell, Hyper-V manager, or others.
  • A CPU that supports hardware-assisted virtualization. Intel processors have Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT) and AMD processors have AMD Virtualization (AMD-V).
  • Data Execution Prevention (DEP) must be hardware-enforced and enabled. Intel systems have Execute Disable Bit (XD bit) and AMD systems have No-Execute Bit (NX bit).
  • VM Monitor Mode Extension.
  • A minimum of 1 GB of RAM, and a recommended 2 GB of RAM. This does not include the memory requirements for virtual machines installed in guest partitions.

Each specific Hyper-V feature has its own special hardware requirements.

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