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What if I don't need that huge amount of VM resources that is available on Gen2 VMs? Why should I use Gen2 then? Gen1 fits all my requirements just fine.
Hi Kirill.
Gen2 VMs will be selected by default for SCVMM, Windows Admin Center, and Hyper-V manager when creating a VM. This is because there are many advantages, including the following. Powershell and WMI default has not changed, so scripts that assume Gen1 will not be effected.
- Secure Boot and other security enhancements
- Larger boot device support
- More efficient keyboard/mouse/video, not emulated
We suggest only using Gen1 if the OS in the guest doesn't support Gen2
- Can't boot using UEFI
- OS that requires legacy emulation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/plan/should-i-create-a-generation-1-or-2-virtual-machine-in-hyper-v
- Yeah, well, I don't need any of these enhancements 🤷:male_sign: