Does SCVMM 2022 support Windows 2016 Hyper-V host?

Question

Hi There,Try to add Windows 2016 Hyper-V host within SCVMM 2022, it failed. However there is no problem adding Windows 2019 and 2022 hosts.Please advise if it is supported and where to find the SCVMM 2022 support matrix?

Thanks,Stephen

Answer 1

That's supported as per https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/system-center/vmm/system-requirements?view=sc-vmm-2022

Servers in the VMM fabric

Operating system	Hyper-V host	SOFS	Update server	PXE server
Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter (Core)	Y	Y	N	N
Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter (Core)	Y	Y	N	N
Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter (With Desktop experience)	Y	Y	Y	Y
Hyper-V Server 2016	N	N	N	N
Windows Server 2019 Standard and Datacenter (With Desktop experience)	Y	Y	Y	Y
Windows Server 2019 Standard and Datacenter (Core)	Y	Y	N	N
Hyper-V Server 2019	N	N	N	N
Azure Stack Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI, version 20H2)	Y	N	N	N
Azure Stack Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI, version 21H2)	Y	N	N	N
Azure Stack Hyper Converged Infrastructure (HCI, version 22H2) (Supported from VMM 2022 UR1)	Y	N	N	N
Windows Server 2022	Y	Y	Y	Y

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hth

Marcin

Answer 2

Hi Marcin,

Thanks a lot for the information. When adding Windows 2016 host into SCVMM 2022, there are error messages and won't be able to join. Error 2912. Wonder what would be the best way to get support?

Regards.

Stephen