Even if you’re new to servers you will know that technology advances all the time. To make it easy to keep track of features in HyperV Microsoft decided to number them. If you look at your Hyper-V management console you will see a Configuration Version column which most Administrators just ignore.
Hyper-V Configuration Versions
Here are Windows Hyper-V Configuration Versions:
| Configuration Version | Primary Features | First Offered in Windows Server Version |
| 1.0 | Initial release with basic virtualization features. | Windows Server 2008 |
| 2.0 | Live migration, enhanced networking features, improved storage options. | Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| 3.0 | Dynamic memory, virtual NUMA, enhanced integration services. | Windows Server 2012 |
| 4.0 | Hyper-V Replica, improved storage options, enhanced security features. | Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| 5.0 | Basic virtualization features, initial support for Generation 2 VMs. | Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| 6.2 | Hot Add/Remove Memory, Secure Boot for Linux VMs, Production Checkpoints, PowerShell Direct, Virtual Machine Grouping. | Windows Server 2016 Beta |
| 7.0 | Virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM). | Windows Server 2016 Beta |
| 7.1 | Virtual Machine Multi Queues (VMMQ). | Windows Server 2016 Beta |
| 8.0 | XSAVE support, Key Storage Drive, Guest Virtualization-Based Security (VBS), Nested Virtualization, Large Memory VMs. | Windows Server 2016 |
| 8.3 | Increased default maximum number for virtual devices to 64 per device. | Windows Server 2016 |
| 9.0 | Additional processor features for Perfmon, Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) configuration, Hibernation support. | Windows Server 2019 |
| 10.0 | Persistent Memory (PMEM) support, Virtual Network Encryption, Dynamic Memory Improvements, Enhanced Linux Support. | Windows Server 2019 |
| 11.0 | GPU-P (GPU Partitioning) support, improved security features, enhanced performance optimizations. | Windows Server 2022 |
Can the Configuration Version Be Upgraded?
Sometimes you can upgrade the the Configuration Version by one version, as shown in the table below:
| Windows Server Version | Shipped Configuration Version | Maximum Configuration Version Supported |
| Windows Server 2008 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Windows Server 2012 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Windows Server 2016 | 8.0 | 8.3 |
| Windows Server 2019 | 9.0 | 10.0 |
| Windows Server 2022 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Windows Server 2025 | 11.0 | 11.0 |
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