What Is Windows 11 Hyper-V Requirements

Hardware Requirements

To run Hyper-V smoothly on Windows 11, you must meet specific hardware requirements to ensure smooth virtualization performance. Here are some of the hardware requirements that must be met.

1. 64-bit processor: Hyper-V requires that the device's CPU must have a 64-bit architecture and that the processor has secondary address translation, which improves memory management in virtualized environments.

2. Virtualization Support: The processor must support virtualization technologies such as Intel Virtualization Technology and AMD Virtualization, which can be confirmed by looking at the specifications of the CPU.

3. Data Execution Protection (DEP): The processor must also support DEP, a security feature that helps prevent buffer overflow attacks, which you can enable in the BIOS/UEFI setup.

📌Note: There is a condition that Windows 11 Hyper-V does not meet the requirement, and the screen will show this: This PC can’t run Windows 11. When this happens, it means the PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows.

How to Set up Windows 11 Hyper-V Virtual Machine

After meeting the Windows 11 Hyper-V minimum requirements, or fixing the Windows 11 Hyper-V does not meet the requirement problem, you can try to set up Windows 11 Hyper-V virtual machines. The following are steps to set up virtual machines.

Step 1. Enable Hyper-V

Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog, then type optionalfeatures, and press Enter. In the Windows Features window, navigate to Hyper-V to ensure both the Hyper-V Management Tools and Hyper-V Platform are selected, then click OK. Once all the things are done, restart your computer.

Step 2. Create a New Virtual Machine

Press Windows + S and type the Hyper-V Manager to open it. In the right pane, click New, and click Virtual Machine… to open the New Virtual Machine Wizard. On the Before You Begin page, click Next.

▶Specify Name and Location: Enter your VM name and choose where to store its files.

▶Specify Generation: You can choose Generation 1 or Generation 2, Generation 2 supports UEFI and secure boot.

▶Assign Memory: Allocate RAM, the minimum is 512 MB.

▶Configure Networking: You may need to create a virtual switch if you don’t have one.

▶Connect Virtual Hard Disk: Create a new VHD or use an existing one.

▶Installation Options: Choose to install from an ISO file or network installation.

After completing the settings, you can review all the settings and click Finish.

Step 3. Start the Virtual Machine

In Hyper-V Manager, select the created VM, click Connect to open the VM console, and then click Start to power on the VM.

Professional Way to Manage and Protect Your Data

After you have successfully run Hyper-V on Windows 11, you can follow the steps above to create a virtual machine. After you finish creating the virtual machine, you can use AOMEI Cyber Backup to back up your data for better protection.

AOMEI Cyber Backup is a professional and powerful Hyper-V backup tool that allows you to easily save your Hyper-V virtual machine to different locations, including local or external hard drives, CD-ROM, USB drives, NAS drives, network share, and so on.

When using AOMEI Cyber Backup, you can enjoy the following features:

✍Easy-to-use Backup: With an intuitive interface for backup deployment and management, you can easily back up all or multiple virtual machines from its web console.
✍Centralized Management: It supports creating and managing Hyper-V backups from the central console which simplifies the VM backup and restore process.
✍Cloud Archive: It allows to add a cloud storage, for example, the Amazon S3 bucket, and then backup data to Amazon S3 storage.
✍Preset Backup Schedules: After providing time and other details, it allows the program to run backup tasks automatically, ensuring that consistent backups are completed with minimal manual effort.
✍Email Notification: It can monitor Hyper-V backup status, and send email notifications when the task is completed or abnormal.

3 Simple Steps to Backup Hyper-V Virtual Machines

Step 1. Bind Device

Navigate to Source Device > Hyper-V > + Add Hyper-V to open the Add Device page. Then enter the required information: Device Information, and User Information, then click Confirm.

Step 2. Create Backup Task

Navigate to Backup Task > + Create New Task, and then set up Backup Type, Task Name, Device Name, Target, Archive, and Schedule.

▶Backup Type: Select the type as Hyper-V Backup.

▶Target: You can select to backup to a local path, or a network path.

▶Archive: You can add an Amazon S3, then save backup files to the S3 storage.

▶Schedule: You can choose to perform full or incremental backup, and automate execution daily, weekly, or monthly, according to the frequency you specified.

Step 3. Start Backup

Click Start Backup, and you can select Add the schedule only, or Add the schedule and start backup now.

🎈Note: You can choose to upgrade to enjoy more features:
Backup Cleanup: You can configure a retention policy to auto-delete old backup files to save storage space.
Restore to new location: You can create a new VM in the same or another datastore, or host directly from the backup, saving the trouble of re-configuring the new VM.

Conclusion

To run Hyper-V in Windows 11, the device must meet the Windows 11 Hyper-V minimum requirements, which include specific operating system and hardware configurations. Once Hyper-V is running successfully, you have a powerful virtualization tool with which you can create virtual machines. After creating a virtual machine, AOMEI Cyber Backup can help you achieve this goal to better manage and protect your data.