Hyper- V Supported Guest Operating System List


The following is a table of supported guest operating systems.[18] Other guest operating systems such as Ubuntu Linux 6.06/6.10/7.10 or Fedora 8/9 are unsupported; however, they have been reported to run.[18][19][20] [21]
Guest OSVirtual processorsEdition(s)
Windows 71,2,3 or 4Both x86-32 and x86-64, all editions except home editions (the home editions are Home Premium, Home Basic, and Starter)
Windows Server 2008 R21,2,3 or 4x64, Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter
Windows Server 20081,2,3 or 4Both x86 and x64, Web, HPC, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, with or without Hyper-V
Linux (only including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with SP3 or version 11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5.2-6.1 andCentOS 5.2-6.2)1,2 or 4Both x86 and x64
Windows Server 20031 or 2Both x86 and x64, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, SP2 required
Windows Server 2003 R21 or 2Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, both x86 and x64 except for Web whose 64-bit version is not supported
Windows 2000 Server1Server, Advanced Server, SP4 required
Windows Vista1 or 2Both x86 and x64, all editions except home editions
Windows XP1 or 2x86, Professional edition only, SP3 required (SP2 only supports 1 virtual CPU)
Windows XP x64 Edition1 or 2x64, Professional edition only, SP2 required
Windows Small Business Server 20111, 2 or 4Essentials, Standard (Essentials supports only 2 virtual CPUs)
Windows Home Server 20111, 2 or 4Standard
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials1, 2 or 4Essentials
Others (any officially unsupported operating system)1N/A

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