I recently installed Hyper-V on Windows 8 Release Preview. Here is how I did it!
Hyper-V is Microsoft’s virtualization solution, and they have now made it available in Windows 8 Release Preview. It is an excellent solution for testing software such as the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Beta, which I told you about here. I walk you through installing Hyper-V in this post.
When you install Windows 8 Release Preview, Hyper-V is not installed by default. We have to manually turn on the feature. The process is relatively simple, and here is how I did it.
First, bring up the legacy desktop by pressing the Windows key from the Windows 8 home screen.
Next, hover your mouse over the icons at the lower right of your screen, and choose Control Panel from the selections. Open up Control Panel and click on Programs; you’ll see the following screen shot:
Select Turn Windows Features On or Off from under Programs and Features. You’ll see the following screen:
Click on Hyper-V and make sure that both boxes under Hyper-V are selected. Click OK.
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