System Requirements: Hyper-V Hosts in System Center 2012 and in System Center 2012 SP1

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager

To manage hosts, Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) supports the following versions of Hyper-V.

Operating system for System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Edition Service pack System architecture
Windows Server 2008 R2

(full installation or Server Core-MiniShell installation)
Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter Service Pack 1 or earlier x64
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 N/A N/A x64
Windows Server 2008

(full installation or Server Core-MiniShell installation)
Enterprise and Datacenter Service Pack 2 x64
Operating system for VMM in System Center 2012 SP1 Edition Service pack System architecture
Windows Server 2008 R2

(full installation or Server Core-MiniShell installation)
Standard, Enterprise, and Datacenter Service Pack 1 x64
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 N/A N/A x64
Windows Server 2012 (full installation or Server Core installation) Standard and Datacenter N/A X64
Hyper-V Server 2012 N/A N/A X64

For information about which guest operating systems are supported by Hyper-V, see About Virtual Machines and Guest Operating Systems. Or, for VMM in System Center 2012 SP1, see Hyper-V Overview-Software requirements (for supported guest operating systems).

For more information about how to manage Hyper-V hosts in VMM, see Adding and Managing Hyper-V Hosts and Host Clusters in VMM.