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Enable Nested Virtualization on Windows Server 2025

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OrinThomas
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Sep 15, 2025
Nested virtualization allows you to run Hyper-V inside a VM, opening up incredible flexibility for testing complex infrastructure setups, demos, or learning environments, all without extra hardware. ...
Published Sep 15, 2025
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MuhammadBilal2022
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Dec 25, 2025

After multiple nested VM rebuilds, configuration changes, and host reboots, I am so happy to come across this document. I can now run nested Hyper‑V on Windows Server 2025 VM, inside a Server 2022 VM/host in Azure without issues. Thank you :)