With windows 11, the hardware requirements have been increased. It is no longer possible to start a Windows 11 machine in Hyper V without additional settings. What you need to do to run Windows 11 in a VM I explain in this blog post.
Activate Hyper V
First of all, you need to enable Hyper V on your system. How you can do this is explained very well in this article.
The easiest way to do this is to use the following PowerShell command:
Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Hyper-V -All
Create VM
Now we need to create a new virtual machine in hyper V. For this you need to download a Windows 11 ISO first. You can download the ISO from the following link.
1. Open the Hyper-V Manager.
2. Right click on your Computername -> New -> Virtual Machine.
3. Click Next.
4. Enter a name and click Next.
5. Select Generation 2 and click Next.
6. Insert minimum 4096 MB and click Next.
7. Select the “Default Switch” and click Next.
8. Optional change the name of the VHDX and click Next.
9. Select “Install an operating system from a bootable image file” and click Browse…
Select the previously downloaded ISO file.
Click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. The VM is created. Now we have to change some settings. Right click on the VM and click Settings...
12. Click Security and enable “Enable Trusted Platform Module“.
13. Click Processor and change the “Number of virtual processors” to minimum 2.
Click OK.
Install Windows 11
1. Right click on the VM and click Connect…
2. Click Start and directly select the Window and press a random key.
3. Choose the Language Settings and click Next.
4. Click Install now.
5. Enter a Product key and click Next or click I don’t have a product key.
6. Select the Windows Edition. I use Windows11 Pro. Click Next.
7. Accept the License Terms and click Next
8. Click Custom: Install Windows only (advanced)
9. Click Next
10. Wait until the installation is completed. The VM will reboot automatically.
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