The following tables list the operating systems that are supported for use on a virtual machine as a guest operating system. You can run 32-bit and 64-bit guest operating systems at the same time on one server running Hyper-V. The guest operating systems are supported for Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2, and Hyper-V version 1 (KB950050, “Hyper-V Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition”).
Windows Server 2008 R2
Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Windows Web Server 2008 R2
1, 2, or 4
Windows Server 2008
Standard, Standard without Hyper-V, Enterprise, Enterprise without Hyper-V, Datacenter, Datacenter without Hyper-V, Windows Web Server 2008, and HPC Edition
Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2
Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, and Web
1 or 2
Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Edition with Service Pack 2
Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition with Service Pack 2
Windows 2000 Server with Service Pack 4
Server, Advanced Server
1
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 and 5.6
x86 edition and x64 edition
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Service Pack 1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with Service Pack 4
Windows 7
Enterprise, Ultimate, and Professional. This applies to both 32-bit and 64-bit editions, as well as N and KN editions.
Windows Vista
Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate, including N and KN editions
Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3)
Professional
Windows XP with Service Pack 2
Windows XP x64 Edition with Service Pack 2
Integration services are available for supported guest operating systems as described in the following table.
Guest operating system
Device and service support
Drivers: IDE, SCSI, networking, video, and mouse
Services: operating system shutdown, time synchronization, data exchange, heartbeat, and online backup
Windows Server 2008 (64-bit editions and x86 editions)
Windows Server 2003 (x64 editions) with Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 (x86 editions) with Service Pack 2
Drivers: IDE, networking, video, and mouse
Services: operating system shutdown, time synchronization, data exchange, and heartbeat
Windows 2000 Advanced Server with Service Pack 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
Drivers: IDE, SCSI, and networking
Services: Time synchronization, operating system shutdown, and heartbeat
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 (x86 edition and x64 edition)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (x86 edition and x64 edition)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 (x86 edition and x64 edition)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86 edition and x64 edition)
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86 edition and x64 edition) with Service Pack 3
Windows Vista (64-bit editions) with Service Pack 1
Windows Vista (x86 editions) with Service Pack 1
Windows XP Professional (x86 editions) with Service Pack 2 or 3
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition with Service Pack 2
Ed Price - MSFT edited Revision 11. Comment: Adding TOC and tags
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