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The Add Roles Wizard in Server Manager additionally verifies the hardware
requirements. A good starting point is to check your hardware against the Microsoft
hardware list to make sure that Windows Server 2012 R2 supports your hardware. If
you try to install the Hyper-V server role on a computer that does not meet the CPU
requirements, you'll get a warning window that looks like Figure 9.2.
figUre 9.2
Warning window that Hyper-V cannot be installed
Software Requirements
To use virtualization in Windows Server 2012 R2, you need to consider the basic software
requirements for Hyper-V. Hyper-V runs only on the following editions of the Windows
Server 2012 R2 operating system:
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard edition
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter edition
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Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 edition
Hyper-V Installation and Configuration
The following sections explain how to install the Hyper-V role using Server Manager in
Windows Server 2012 R2 Full installation mode or the command line mode in Windows
Server 2012 R2 Server Core. We will then take a look at Hyper-V as part of Server Man-
ager before discussing how to use the Hyper-V Manager. Finally, we will look at the Hyper-
V server settings and then cover two important areas for Hyper-V: virtual networks and
virtual hard disks.
Install the Hyper-V Role
Now it's time to see how to install the Hyper-V server role on the two installation options
of Windows Server 2012 R2, namely, a Full installation and a Server Core installation.
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