Free Virtualization on Windows Desktop with Hyper-V Client

Hyper-V Client Virtualization on Windows Desktop

Software requirement:

Only Professional and Enterprise editions of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 is supported.

Hardware requirement:

Only 64 bit processor (Intel Core i5, Core i7, Core i3 4th generation and above).

Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT-X) must be enabled in BIOS.

Instruction:

Part 1: Install Hyper-V Client Feature

1. Open up Control Panel > Programs > Programes and Features. Click Turn Windows features on or off.

2. Scroll down and tick Hyper-V. Click OK.

Part 2: Create a New Virtual Machine

1. Click on Windows Start button. Type Hyper-V in search box. Click Hyper-V Manager.

2. Inside Hyper-V Manager, right click on computer name. Select New > Virtual Machine.

3. Click Next.

4. Enter VM Name and Select Location for VM installation. Make sure the target location has at least 20GB free disk space. Click Next.

5. Select Generation 2 if you are virtualizing Windows 8 and above desktop OS or Windows Server 2012 and above server OS. If you are virtualizing any other OS, select Generation 1. Click Next.

6. Enter RAM you wish to allocate for VM. Recommended minimum 2GB for 64 bit OS or 1GB for 32 bit OS. Click Next.

7. Select the physical NIC that VM will be using. For some instance, you may need to configure the Hyper-V Switch Manager first before being able to see the physical NIC here. Click Next.

8. Allocate the desired virtual hard disk size for VM. You can overload the VHD to be larger than your physical HDD, but the VHD cannot outgrow your physical HDD. Click Next.

9. Select the path where the ISO installer is located. You must have downloaded the ISO in advance before coming to this step. Click Next.

10. Review that all configurations are correct. Click Finish.

11. VM name will now be showing up in Hyper-V Manager. Scroll to VM name, right click VM name and start VM. You will now be installing the OS into VM just like on your physical machine OS installation process.

Note:

You must have the ISO OS installer downloaded in advanced. This can be obtained from TechNet Evaluation Centre for Microsoft OS.

You must have a minimum of 20GB free disk space for each VM to be installed.