Hyper-V

Setting up virtual machines in Hyper-V Manager.

I use a Arch Linux VM on Windows for development. However, these steps should apply to creating any VM.

INFO

Host machine environment this guide is tested on:

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
Hyper-V Manager 10.0.22621.1

Powershell $PSVersionTable:

PSVersion                      7.5.0-preview.5
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.5.0-preview.5
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26120
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Windows Features

Search "features" in the start menu and open "Turn Windows features on or off". Enable the following features:

Hyper-V
Virtual Machine Platform
Windows Hypervisor Platform

Restart your machine after enabling these features.

WARNING

Turning on Hyper-V and Windows Hypervisor Platform will prevent 3rd party softwares like VirtualBox to use hardware virtualization. They will have a HEAVY performance hit.

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Hyper-V

Windows Features