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 | |
