Supported Windows guest operating systems for Windows Server Technical Preview
Updated: August 12, 2015
Applies To: Windows Server Technical Preview
This is preliminary content and subject to change.
Some operating systems have the integration services built-in, while others require that you install or upgrade this package as a separate procedure after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. For more information, see Integration Services.
Supported Windows Server guest operating systems
The following table lists the Windows Server operating systems supported in Windows Server® 2016 Technical Preview for use as guest operating systems in Hyper-V virtual machines, as well as provides information about integration services.
Guest operating system (server) |
Maximum number of virtual processors |
Integration Services |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview |
64 |
Built-in |
|
Windows Server 2012 R2 |
64 |
Built-in |
|
Windows Server 2012 |
64 |
Built-in |
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP 1) |
64 |
Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. |
Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions. |
Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (SP 2) |
4 |
Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. |
Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions (32-bit and 64-bit). |
Windows Home Server 2011 |
4 |
Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. |
|
Windows Small Business Server 2011 |
Essentials edition - 2 Standard edition - 4 |
Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. |
Essentials and Standard editions. |
Supported Windows client guest operating systems
The following table lists the Windows client operating systems supported in Windows Server® 2016 Technical Preview for use as guest operating systems in Hyper-V virtual machines, as well as provides information about integration services.
Guest operating system (client) |
Maximum number of virtual processors |
Integration Services |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
Windows 10 |
32 |
Built-in |
|
Windows 8.1 |
32 |
Built-in |
|
Windows 8 |
32 |
Upgrade the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. |
|
Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP 1) |
4 |
Upgrade the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. |
Ultimate, Enterprise, and Professional editions (32-bit and 64-bit). |
Windows 7 |
4 |
Upgrade the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. |
Ultimate, Enterprise, and Professional editions (32-bit and 64-bit). |
Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2) |
2 |
Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. |
Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate, including N and KN editions. |
Guest operating system support on other versions of Windows
Use the topics in the following table for information about guest operating systems supported for Hyper-V on other versions of Windows.
Host operating system |
Topic |
|---|---|
Windows 10 |
Supported Guest Operating Systems for Client Hyper-V in Windows 10 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 |
|
Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 |
Supported Windows Guest Operating Systems for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8 |
Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 |
How Microsoft provides support for guest operating systems
Microsoft provides support for guest operating systems in the following manner:
Issues found in Microsoft operating systems and in integration services are supported by Microsoft support.
For issues found in other operating systems that have been certified by the operating system vendor to run on Hyper-V, support is provided by the vendor.
For issues found in other operating systems, Microsoft submits the issue to the multi-vendor support community, TSANet.