Alongside VMware, Hyper-V stands as one of the most widely used hypervisors in organizations. Its primary function revolves around hosting virtual machines and various workloads on them.

Microsoft initially introduced the first version of Hyper-V in Windows 8 Professional and Windows Server 2008. Presently, Hyper-V remains accessible in Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022. Fortunately, the process of enabling Hyper-V hasn’t undergone significant changes. It can still be enabled using either GUI or PowerShell.
In this article, I will guide you through the steps to enable Hyper-V on both Windows 11 and Windows 2022.

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Enable Hyper-V client in Windows 11

Hyper-V, when installed on Windows machines, including Windows 11 and earlier versions, is referred to as a Hyper-V on the client machine. To enable Hyper-V, follow these steps:

  1. Press the Windows logo key + I simultaneously to open the Settings menu
  2. Click on Apps and then click Optional features.

    3. Hyper-V in Windows Server 2022

    Apps > Optional features

  3. Scroll down to Related settings and click on More Windows features

    4. Windows Server 2022

    Apps >More Windows features

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  4. Select Hyper-V and then click OK

    5. Hyper-V

    Apps >Hyper-V

  5. Once completed, click Restart now

Hyper-V in Windows 11

Apps >Restart now

That is it. You successfully enabled Hyper-V in Windows 11.
After Windows has rebooted, click on the Start Menu, and search for Hyper-V to run it.

Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022

Run Hyper-V Manager on Windows 11

Enable Hyper-V in Windows Server 2022

From Windows Server 2008 up to Windows Server 2019, you could install Hyper-V as a server role through Server Manager or as a standalone Hyper-V server (Server Core). Starting from Windows Server 2022, Microsoft didn’t release Hyper-V as a standalone product, but you can still install it as a server role. Here is how to do it.

  1. Open Server Manager
  2. Click on Add roles and features

    3. Hyper-V

    Add roles and features

  3. Under Before you begin, click Next
  4. Under Select installation type, click Next
  5. Under Server selection, click Next
  6. Under Server roles, select Hyper-V and then click Add Features. Click Next

    7. Windows Server 2022

    Enable server role: Hyper-V

  7. Under Select features, click Next
  8. Under Hyper-V, click Next
  9. Under Create Virtual Switches, select network adapter/s and click Next
  10. Under Virtual Machine Migration, click Next
  11. Under Default Stores, click Next
  12. Under Confirm installation selections, select Restart the destination server automatically if required and then click Install
  13. You successfully enabled Hyper-V in Windows Server 2022. click on the Start Menu, and search for Hyper-V to run it

Windows 11

Run Hyper-V Manager on Windows Server 2022

We hope you found these steps straightforward. If there are any questions, please let us know in the comment section.

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