Enable all virtual network adapters configured for a virtual machine

Applies to: Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016

For more information about best practices and scans, see Best Practices Analyzer.

Property Details
Operating System Windows Server 2016
Product/Feature Hyper-V
Severity Warning
Category Configuration

In the following sections, italics indicates UI text that appears in the Best Practices Analyzer tool for this issue.

Issue

One or more network adapters may be disabled in a virtual machine.

Impact

The following virtual machines might not have network connectivity:

<list of virtual machine names>

Resolution

Use Device Manager in the guest operating system to enable all virtual network adapters. If the adapter is not required, use Hyper-V Manager to remove it from the virtual machine.