Hyper-V Manager

What Hyper-V Manager Is (and Isn’t)

Hyper-V Manager is not the hypervisor. It is a graphical tool that communicates with Hyper-V through the root partition.

Think of it this way:

• Hyper-V (hypervisor): the engine
• Hyper-V Manager: the dashboard
• Windows (root partition): the operator

Hyper-V Manager issues commands; Hyper-V performs the actual virtualization tasks under the hood.

What Hyper-V Manager Allows You to Do

Hyper-V Manager provides GUI access to the most important virtualization tasks:

• Create and delete virtual machines
• Modify VM settings (CPU, RAM, disks, and NICs)
• Create and manage virtual switches
• Manage checkpoints (snapshots)
• Start, stop, pause, save, and connect to VMs
• Manage .vhdx virtual disks
• Connect to remote Hyper-V hosts
• Use Enhanced Session Mode

The hypervisor does the work; Hyper-V Manager is simply the interface.

Hyper-V Manager Administrative Tasks

As a systems administrator, you may perform tasks such as:

• Creating new VMs
• Configuring CPU and memory allocations
• Managing virtual network switches
• Attaching or managing virtual hard disks
• Monitoring VM health and performance
• Importing or exporting VM environments
• Managing network adapters and integration services
• Interacting with VM consoles