Creating a Linux VM in Hyper-V the Easy Way Hyper-V in Windows 10 has a built-in tool called Quick Create that lets you automate the process of setting up new virtual machines. Here's how to use it.

In this article, I'll walk you through my experience installing and using Quick Create to install Ubuntu on my Windows 10 system.

Keep in mind that newer Windows operating systems may support enlightenments that improve performance. Enable Nested Virtualization To enable Nested Virtualization for VMs in Hyper-V, do the ...

Figure 3: Select the Hyper-V option and click OK. Once Windows 10 reboots, you should be able to access the Hyper-V Manager and create VMs inside of the Windows 10 VM, as shown in Figure 4.

If you want to know if your Hyper-V VM is Generation 1 or Generation 2 and what's the difference between Generation 1 and 2, check out this guide.

In a pinch, Windows Server Backup is the perfect and simply elegant solution for backing up a Hyper-V VM.

How a Hyper-V VM boots up will dictate a lot, especially if optical media are interchanged. IT pro Rick Vanover shows a few ways to manage boot order for Hyper-V virtual machines in this post.