Windows 10 Inside Out, Third Edition

Chapter 16

Hyper-V

Getting started with Hyper-V on Windows 10

Setting up Hyper-V

Using Hyper-V Manager

What’s in a virtual machine?

Creating and managing virtual machines

Changing settings for a virtual machine

Running a virtual machine

Working with checkpoints

Importing, exporting, and moving VMs

Alternatives to Hyper-V

When is a PC not a PC? When it’s a virtual machine.

A virtual machine (sometimes called a VM) is, effectively, a computer within a computer. It runs in an isolated session on the host computer, under the control of a system-level software layer called a hypervisor. The operating system running within the virtual machine is called the guest operating system. A VM can run the same software as a physical PC and can interact over ...