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Installing the Hyper-V role

Installing the Hyper-V role - Windows Server Tutorial

From the course: Windows Server 2016: Configure Hyper-V

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Installing the Hyper-V role

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- [Instructor] Before you can use virtualization in Windows Server 2016, you have to first install the Hyper-V role. Now, it's important to note that the Hyper-V role is not new to Windows Server 2016, and in fact, it's been a role that's been included in all Windows Server operating systems going as far back as Windows Server 2008. You can also find the Hyper-V role included with Windows client operating systems, going back as far as Windows 8. To install the role itself, I would like to point out that I'm on a computer that I have here that has Windows Server 2016 installed. The name on my computer is Host-1, and it is a member server in my own local domain here in my office. Here in the Server Manager, if we want to install a role, I just simply have to click on Add roles and features. When I do this, the first thing I see is a Before you begin screen that says, hey, you're about to install something important on this machine, so make sure your security prerequisites have been…

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