Step 1: Check the virtual machine configuration versions
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On the Windows desktop, click the Start button and type any part of the name Windows PowerShell.
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Right-click Windows PowerShell and select Run as Administrator.
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Use the Get-VM cmdlet. Run the following command to get the versions of your virtual machines.
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Get-VM * | Format-Table Name, Version
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You can also see the configuration version in Hyper-V Manager by selecting the virtual machine and looking at the Summary tab.
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Hyper-V host Windows version |
Supported virtual machine configuration versions |
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Windows Server, version 1803 |
8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows 10 April 2018 Update (version 1803) |
8.3, 8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows Server, version 1709 |
8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (version 1709) |
8.2, 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) |
8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows Server 2016 |
8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update (version 1607) |
8.0, 7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview |
7.1, 7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows 10 build 10565 or later |
7.0, 6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows 10 builds earlier than 10565 |
6.2, 5.0 |
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Windows Server 2012 R2 |
5.0 |
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Windows 8.1 |
5.0 |
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Feature |
Minimum VM configuration version |
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Hot Add/Remove Memory |
6.2 |
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Secure Boot for Linux VMs |
6.2 |
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Production Checkpoints |
6.2 |
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PowerShell Direct |
6.2 |
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Virtual Machine Grouping |
6.2 |
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Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) |
7.0 |
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Virtual machine multi queues (VMMQ) |
7.1 |
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XSAVE support |
8.0 |
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Key storage drive |
8.0 |
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Guest Virtualization Based Security support (VBS) |
8.0 |
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Nested virtualization |
8.0 |
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Virtual processor count |
8.0 |
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Large memory VMs |
8.0 |
