# Microsoft Hyper-V

Hyper-V is Microsoft's enterprise-grade type 1 hypervisor, built into Windows Server and Windows, that creates and runs virtual machines with strong isolation and near-native performance. It is included as a Windows Server role (with no additional hypervisor cost) and supports Windows, Linux and FreeBSD guests.

- **Category:** Virtualization
- **License:** Propietaria
- **Official Site:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/virtualization/hyper-v/hyper-v-overview
- **Download:** https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2025
- **Original page:** https://linuxgratis.com/en/hyper-v

## Releases

| Version | Release Date | End of Support | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Server 2025 LTS | 2024-11-01 | 2034-10-10 | Active |
| Server 2022 LTS | 2021-08-18 | 2031-10-14 | Active |
| Server 2019 LTS | 2018-11-13 | 2029-01-09 | Active |
| Server 2016 LTS | 2016-10-15 | 2027-01-12 | Active |
| Server 2012 R2 LTS | 2013-11-25 | 2023-10-10 | EOL |