Supported guest operating systems for Hyper-V virtual machines

 

Applies To: Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012

Hyper-V supports many different operating systems for use as a guest operating system in a Hyper-V virtual machine. Use the articles in this section to help you plan which operating systems to run on Hyper-V virtual machines.

Content	Description
Supported Windows guest operating systems for Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview	Lists the operating systems supported in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview for use as guest operating systems in Hyper-V virtual machines, and includes information about integration services.
Supported Guest Operating Systems for Client Hyper-V in Windows 10	Lists the operating systems supported in Windows 10 for use as guest operating systems in Hyper-V virtual machines, and includes information about integration services.
Supported Windows Guest Operating Systems for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1	Lists the operating systems supported in Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 for use as guest operating systems in Hyper-V virtual machines, and includes information about integration services.
Supported Windows Guest Operating Systems for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8	Lists the operating systems supported in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 for use as guest operating systems in Hyper-V virtual machines, and includes information about integration services.
Linux and FreeBSD Virtual Machines on Hyper-V	This section includes the following topics to help you learn about Linux and FreeBSD deployments on Hyper-V: CentOS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtual machines on Hyper-V Debian virtual machines on Hyper-V Oracle Linux virtual machines on Hyper-V SUSE virtual machines on Hyper-V Ubuntu virtual machines on Hyper-V FreeBSD virtual machines on Hyper-V Feature Descriptions for Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines on Hyper-V Best Practices for running Linux on Hyper-V Best practices for running FreeBSD on Hyper-V