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PepeLePew
Copper Contributor
Feb 21, 2026
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WMI Filter for non-Hyper-V Host

I have been struggling for several days trying to set a GPO WMI Filter that would apply settings to any server, virtual or physical, as long as it is not the Hyper-V Host. It should apply to any VM o...
GPO WMI Filter
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  • PepeLePew's avatar
    PepeLePew
    Feb 23, 2026

    Thank you all for your reply. 

    Unfortunately the WMI Filter Editor refused to accept my queries when I put in NOT EXISTS so that didn't pan out. I ended up doing 2 checks, one for HypervisorPresent = False, that should grab the Physical servers that are not Hyper-V Hosts then I look at the Manufacturer to make sure it's not physical. From my testing today, it did apply to all VMs and also Physical servers that are not Hypervisors.

    Thanks again and have a great day.

     

    Pierre

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Francisco_M
Brass Contributor
Feb 22, 2026

Hyper‑V hosts always have the Hyper‑V role installed, which means the Hyper‑V virtualization service is present on the host OS.

The simplest and most stable WMI filter is:

Apply to all servers where the Hyper‑V role is NOT installed

SELECT * FROM Win32_OperatingSystem

WHERE ProductType = 3

AND NOT EXISTS (

SELECT * FROM Win32_ServerFeature WHERE ID = 63

)