Review the Before You Begin content, then click Next.In Hyper-V Manager, click Action > New > Virtual Machine to bring up the New Virtual Machine wizard.Click OK to close the Virtual Switch Manager window.Ĭreating a virtual machine with Hyper-V Manager.You’ll most likely see the following message. Click Apply to create the virtual switch.This is the network card physically connected to the network. Select the physical network card to be paired with the new virtual switch.

Under Connection Type, ensure External Network has been selected.Under Virtual Switch Properties, give the new switch a name, such as External VM Switch.Under What type of virtual switch do you want to create?, select External.Under Virtual Switches, select New virtual network switch.Right-click on the name of the Hyper-V host and select Virtual Switch Manager.Select Select a server from the server pool.Select Role-based or feature-based installation.From the Add Roles and Features Wizard, click Next.For Windows Server 2008 or 2012 systems:.From the list of features, select Hyper-V.Depending on the system, the steps will vary. In the search field, enter Turn windows features on or off.BIOS-level hardware virtualization supportĪdding the Hyper-V role to your Windows installation.Enough available memory to run all the virtual machines you plan to run at the same time.A user account with administrator permissions for the computer.Microsoft Hyper-V can be enabled on desktops running Windows 8 or 10, or on servers running Windows Server 2008 or 2012.

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