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Hyper-V is a hypervisor that is broadly used in many Microsoft server products, including the Windows Server family (Datacenter, Standard, and Essentials editions) and Azure Local. Hyper-V provides a platform with broad ecosystem support and compatibility. This article clarifies which versions of Windows Server or Azure Local map to which Hyper-V build numbers. This helps understand supported scenarios where a guest operating system or application has been validated for Hyper-V.
Although the different products that include Hyper-V could contain variations in features, the common codebase provides a consistent platform for guest operating systems and applications running inside of a virtual machine to run on compatible products that share the same Hyper-V build number. This means that any support or compatibility statements for a guest operating system or application that is certified for specific builds of Hyper-V is compatible with all products that share the same build number for Hyper-V.
The table below shows which Hyper-V build numbers are available in which compatible products:
| Hyper-V build | Compatible products |
|---|---|
| 20348 | Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Windows Server 2022 Standard Windows Server 2022 Essentials Azure Stack HCI version 21H2 Azure Stack HCI version 22H2 |
| 17763 and 17784 | Windows Server 2019 Datacenter Windows Server 2019 Standard Windows Server 2019 Essentials Hyper-V Server 2019 Azure Stack HCI version 20H2 |
| 14393 | Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Windows Server 2016 Standard Windows Server 2016 Essentials Hyper-V Server 2016 |
For more information, see: