Hyper-V

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hypervisor virtualization platform

Hyper-V is Microsoft's native hypervisor platform that enables the creation and management of virtual machines on Windows systems.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Hyper-V Manager 1
Hyper-V Virtual Switch 1
Hyper-V client (in Pro and Enterprise) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf hypervisor ⓘ
virtualization platform ⓘ
componentOf Windows Server ⓘ
Windows 10 ⓘ
surface form: Windows client operating systems (Pro and Enterprise editions)
developer Microsoft ⓘ
includedIn Windows Server 2008 ⓘ
Windows Server ⓘ
surface form: Windows Server 2012

Windows Server ⓘ
surface form: Windows Server 2016

Windows Server ⓘ
surface form: Windows Server 2019

Windows Server ⓘ
surface form: Windows Server 2022
introducedInVersion Windows Server 2008 ⓘ
licenseModel included with supported Windows editions ⓘ
managementInterface PowerShell ⓘ
managementTool Hyper-V self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hyper-V Manager

System Center Virtual Machine Manager ⓘ
networkVirtualizationFeature Hyper-V self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hyper-V Virtual Switch
operatingSystem Windows ⓘ
previousName Hyper-V self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Windows Server Virtualization
requiresHardwareFeature Data Execution Prevention ⓘ
Intel VT-x or AMD-V ⓘ
Second Level Address Translation ⓘ
hardware-assisted virtualization ⓘ
supportsArchitecture x86-64 ⓘ
supportsFeature RemoteFX (deprecated) ⓘ
checkpoints ⓘ
dynamic memory ⓘ
failover clustering ⓘ
live migration ⓘ
nested virtualization ⓘ
replication ⓘ
snapshots ⓘ
storage migration ⓘ
virtual hard disks ⓘ
virtual machines ⓘ
virtual switches ⓘ
supportsGuestOperatingSystem FreeBSD ⓘ
Linux ⓘ
Windows ⓘ
supportsOperatingSystem Windows 10 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 10 Enterprise

Windows 10 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 10 Pro

Windows 11 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 11 Enterprise

Windows 11 ⓘ
surface form: Windows 11 Pro

Windows Server ⓘ
supportsStorageFormat VHD ⓘ
VHDX ⓘ
useCase desktop virtualization ⓘ
server consolidation ⓘ
test and development environments ⓘ
virtualizationLayer type-1 hypervisor ⓘ
virtualizationType native hypervisor ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Windows 8 → feature → Hyper-V ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyper-V client (in Pro and Enterprise)
Windows RT → lacksFeature → Hyper-V ⓘ
Hyper-V → managementTool → Hyper-V self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyper-V Manager
Hyper-V → networkVirtualizationFeature → Hyper-V self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hyper-V Virtual Switch
Hyper-V → previousName → Hyper-V self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Windows Server Virtualization