Supported Operating System Versions

The following describes the supported operating systems and their roles in a virtualization environment.

Supported Host OS

Supported Guest OS

Virtualization Mode: None

Windows Server 2012

N/A

Windows Server 2012 R2

N/A

Windows Server 2016

N/A

Windows Server 2019

N/A

Windows 8.1 Client (64 bit only)

N/A

Windows 10 Client 1607 (64 bit only)

N/A

Windows 10 Client 1709 (64 bit only)

N/A

Windows 10 Client 1803 (64 bit only)

N/A

Windows 10 Client 1809 (64 bit only)

N/A

Virtualization Mode: VMQ

Windows Server 2012

Any supported guest OS for Hyper-V

Windows Server 2012 R2

Any supported guest OS for Hyper-V

Windows Server 2016

Any supported guest OS for Hyper-V

Windows Server 2019

Any supported guest OS for Hyper-V

Virtualization Mode: VMMQ

Windows Server 2016

Any supported guest OS for Hyper-V

Windows Server 2019

Any supported guest OS for Hyper-V

Virtualization Mode: Hyper-V (SR-IOV)

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Client 8.1

Windows Client 10 1809

Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2016

Windows Client 8.1

Windows Client 10 1809

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2016

SR-IOV InfiniBand KVM

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2016

SR-IOV Ethernet KVM

Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2016

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