Pre-Check

Requirements

  • Windows 10 (Enterprise, Professional, or Education)
  • 64-bit processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT)
  • CPU support for VM Monitor Mode Extension (VT-c on Intel CPU)
  • Enough free RAM (4 GB minimum)

Extracted from Microsoft Documentation

Checking requirement

Run the following PowerShell command (does not need to be in elevated mode)

# Getting system info of local machine
# What we are interested in is at:
# - The second line titled OS Name
# - The last section titled Hyper-V Requirements
systeminfo.exe

Enabling Hyper-V

Open elevated PowerShell and run the following command

# Enable Hyper-V command
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All

When installation has completed, reboot the computer

Last modified: 17 December 2021