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 OS | Virtual processors | Edition(s) |
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Windows 7 | 1,2,3 or 4 | Both x86-32 and x86-64, all editions except home editions (the home editions are Home Premium, Home Basic, and Starter) |
Windows Server 2008 R2 | 1,2,3 or 4 | x64, Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter |
Windows Server 2008 | 1,2,3 or 4 | Both 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 4 | Both x86 and x64 |
Windows Server 2003 | 1 or 2 | Both x86 and x64, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, SP2 required |
Windows Server 2003 R2 | 1 or 2 | Web, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, both x86 and x64 except for Web whose 64-bit version is not supported |
Windows 2000 Server | 1 | Server, Advanced Server, SP4 required |
Windows Vista | 1 or 2 | Both x86 and x64, all editions except home editions |
Windows XP | 1 or 2 | x86, Professional edition only, SP3 required (SP2 only supports 1 virtual CPU) |
Windows XP x64 Edition | 1 or 2 | x64, Professional edition only, SP2 required |
Windows Small Business Server 2011 | 1, 2 or 4 | Essentials, Standard (Essentials supports only 2 virtual CPUs) |
Windows Home Server 2011 | 1, 2 or 4 | Standard |
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials | 1, 2 or 4 | Essentials |
Others (any officially unsupported operating system) | 1 | N/A |
I din't find Server 2012 in the list !!!
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