Please provide virtualization enabled azure vm list

Question

HI MS Team,

I have a azure vm window server 2016 with D4S_V4 configruation, but i am unable to install hyper-v role in vm.

Answer 1

Hi

List of SKU's that support nested virtualization can be found here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/acu

Hope this helps,

Thanks

Michael Durkan

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Answer 2

Hello,

You can check compatibility of your VM series in the page dedicated to vm sizes :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/dv4-dsv4-series

Your size support nested virtualization, following this documentation you should be able to solve your issue :

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshoot-vm-by-use-nested-virtualization

Hope this helps

Regards

Answer 3

Hello Nitin Arora

We noticed your have rated low on one of the answer as not helpful. Thank you for taking time to share feedback.

D4s_v4 series supports nested virtualization, which allows you to run Hyper-V inside the VM.

If you are still encountering the "Hyper-V cannot be installed because virtualization support is not enabled in the BIOS" error, here are some steps you can follow to troubleshoot the issue:

1. Stop the VM.
2. Install powershell modules on your local machine and connect to Azure.
3. Enable Nested virtualization as mentioned below:

# Replace with your VM and resource group names

$vmName = "YourVMName"

$resourceGroup = "YourResourceGroupName"

# Get the VM object

$vm = Get-AzVM -Name $vmName -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup

# Enable nested virtualization

Set-AzVM -VM $vm -NestedVirtualizationFlag On

# Update the VM

Update-AzVM -VM $vm -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup

4. Start Azure VM.
5. Try to install Hyper-V role.

Also, refer this document (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/virtual-machines/troubleshoot-vm-by-use-nested-virtualization) which was mentioned in previous response by Boris.

Hope this helps.
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Answer 4

Hi Nitin,

In the portal, please verify that the VM was created with Standard security. You can check this on the Overview tab, scroll down and look for Security type: Standard.

For VM sizes less than v5 you need to select Standard because Nested Virtualization isn't supported with Trusted Launch.

If the security type isn't Standard then you need to re-create your VM with Standard security. Be careful because when you change certain options on Basics tab it can change security type back to Trusted Launch even though you already switched it to Standard, so you may need to change the dropdown again.

After recreating your VM as described above you should be able to install Hyper-V and run nested VMs.

Please click Accept Answer if the above was useful. If you still need assistance please add a comment below.

Thanks.

-TP