Tip of the Day: Client Hyper-V

Today’s Tip…

Like Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-v, Windows 8.1 client Hyper-v also supports the new Generation 2 virtual machines.

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NOTE:  Generation 2 VMs do not support the following emulated devices…

  • Legacy BIOS
  • COM Ports
  • Floppy Controller
  • DMA Controller
  • i8042 keyboard controller
  • PS/2 devices
  • Legacy NIC
  • IDE Controller
  • S3 video
  • PCI BUS
  • Programmable Interrupt Controller
  • Programmable Interrupt Timer
  • Super I/O Device