Among the many novel aspects of Windows 8, there is the integrated virtualization using Hyper-V hypervisor, which manages virtual machines natively in Windows. To take advantage of the function SLAT (Second Level Address Translation) present in some processors is required. Check now if your CPU is compatible.
Virtualization is at the heart of Windows through the integration of Hyper-V. This will make it possible to create virtual machines on Windows 8 where you can run operating systems called "guests" from Windows 8, the host system. This will make it possible to find Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 and your old software directly into a Windows, run Linux distributions or even run sensitive applications in a virtual machine without any risk to your system. If you could already get the same thing by installing third party software such as VMWare or VirtualBox, the hypervisor will be integrated into the system here.
This will allow you to easily create virtual machines 32 or 64 bits for other operating systems directly from the explorer from ISO images or VHD, adjust on the fly the amount of RAM allocated to your virtual machines to connect remotely to a virtual machine and operate your hardware: USB, printer, sound, ... A backup function will also restore the state of a virtual machine at time.
To use the Hyper-V Windows 8, there will be some technical prerequisites like:
- 64-bit version of Windows required 8
- 4 GB of memory minimum
- Processor supports the function SLAT (Second Level Address Translation).
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