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title: Supported Windows Guest Operating Systems


# Supported Windows guests
This article lists the Windows operating systems supported as guests in Hyper-V on Windows, as well provides information about integration services. 


## What does support mean? 
Support means Microsoft has tested these host/guest combinations.  Issues with these combinations may receive attention from Product Support Services.
 
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](http://www.tsanet.org/).

## What are integration services and why do they matter?
Hyper-V includes integration services for supported guest operating systems.  Integration services improves the integration between the host system and the virtual machine. Some operating systems have the integration services built-in, while others provide integration services through Windows Update.

## Supported Windows Server guest operating systems


 |  Guest operating system  |  Maximum number of virtual processors  |  Integration Services  |  Notes  | 	 | 
 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
 |  Windows Server 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 guest operating systems

 |  Guest operating system |  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. |  	|
 | Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) | 2 | Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. | Professional. |  	|
 | Windows XP x64 Edition with Service Pack 2 (SP 2) | 2 | Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. | Professional. | 	|



## Helpful Links

- [Linux and FreeBSD Virtual Machines on Hyper-V](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn531030.aspx)<commit_msg>making match release<commit_after>ms.ContentId: 7561B149-A147-4F71-9840-6AE149B9DED5
title: Supported Windows Guest Operating Systems


# Supported Windows guests
This article lists the Windows operating systems supported as guests in Hyper-V on Windows, as well provides information about integration services. 


## What does support mean? 
Support means Microsoft has tested these host/guest combinations.  Issues with these combinations may receive attention from Product Support Services.
 
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](http://www.tsanet.org/).

## What are integration services and why do they matter?
Hyper-V includes integration services for supported guest operating systems.  Integration services improves the integration between the host system and the virtual machine. Some operating systems have the integration services built-in, while others provide integration services through Windows Update.

## Supported Windows Server guest operating systems


 |  Guest operating system  |  Maximum number of virtual processors  |  Integration Services  |  Notes  | 	 | 
 | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |
 |  Windows Server 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 guest operating systems

 |  Guest operating system |  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. |  	|
 | Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3) | 2 | Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. | Professional. |  	|
 | Windows XP x64 Edition with Service Pack 2 (SP 2) | 2 | Install the integration services after you set up the operating system in the virtual machine. | Professional. | 	|



## Helpful Links

- [Linux and FreeBSD Virtual Machines on Hyper-V](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn531030.aspx)
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