The types of operating systems you can install on a virtual machine depend on the virtualization software. The following table lists the operating systems that are currently supported.
Supported Operating Systems by Virtualization Software
| Operating System | Hyper-V | Virtual Server | VMware |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Windows NT Server 4.0 |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows 2000 Server |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows 2000 Advanced Server |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows XP Professional |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows XP (64-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows Vista |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Vista (64-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition (64-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition (64-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows Web Server 2008 |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows Server 2008 Core Edition (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (64-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (64-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows Server 2008 Small Business Server Edition (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Windows 7 |
X |
||
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit) |
X |
||
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (32-bit) |
X |
||
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-bit) |
X |
||
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition (64-bit) |
X |
||
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition (64-bit) |
X |
||
|
Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter Edition (64-bit) |
X |
||
|
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.0 |
X |
X |
|
|
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.0 (64-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Red Hat Linux 9.0 |
X |
||
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (32-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 (64-bit) |
X |
||
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (32-bit) |
X |
X |
|
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 (64-bit) |
X |
||
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (32-bit) |
X |
||
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 (64-bit) |
X |
||
|
Open Enterprise Server |
X |
||
|
Sun Solaris 10 (32-bit) |
X |
||
|
Sun Solaris 10 (64-bit) |
X |
||
|
OS/2 4.5 |
X |
||
|
Ubuntu Linux (32- and 64-bit) |
X |
||
|
Other Linux (32-bit) |
X |
X |
X |
|
Other Linux (64-bit) |
X |
X |
For the most up-to-date Help information, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Help Online. To find additional Virtual Machine Manager 2008 documentation, go to the Virtual Machine Manager 2008 TechCenter Library.