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Step-By-Step: Enabling Hyper-V for Use on Windows 11

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AnthonyBartolo
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Feb 22, 2023
Hyper-V is a virtualization technology that is as valuable to college and university students as it is to developers and system administrators. Students can run many operating systems and apps on a s...
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bhuvie
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Mar 18, 2024

Microsoft screwed us big time with the 23H2 update. In that update, they disenabled the hyper-v feature which was available in 22H2 version. 

 

I recommend reverting back to 22H2 windows 11 version and Hyper-V will work. You do not need to go into Windows 11 pro version or spend money on upgrade. 

 

They didnt even mention that in the documentation that they disenabled this feature in their 23H2 feature update. 

 

Very bad support from Windows. Im reverting back to 22H2. I know this because I was a TA in my college helping out my professor in Devops course then suddenly after the update my docker and kubernetes image stopped working. I had to figure this stuff out after spending over a week.

 

I installed that feature after the semester got over. Now i want to use Docker in my pc and i hopped they'd have fixed the issue by now. They did not. So, I'm reverting back my updates.

 

 

P.S. I'll keep posted on this thread when I fix the issue.