Applies ToWindows Server 2008 Standard Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Hyper-V Server 2008 Windows 7 Enterprise Windows 7 Home Basic Windows 7 Home Premium Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Enterprise Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Home Premium Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Windows Vista Ultimate Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard

For more information about the Microsoft support policy on non-Microsoft virtualization hardware, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

897615 Support policy for Microsoft software running in non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software

INTRODUCTION

This article provides a link to the current list of operating systems that are supported for use in virtual machines running Hyper-V.

More Information

For more information about the supported guest operating systems, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

About Virtual Machines and Guest Operating Systems

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