Supported guest operating systems

The guest operating systems listed below have been tested and are supported in virtual machines.

Only the x64 architecture is supported.

Windows

Version Edition CPU hot plug support RAM hot plug support
Windows Server 2019 Essentials No No
Standard, Datacenter Yes Yes
Windows Server 2016 Essentials No No
Standard, Datacenter Yes* Yes
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, Standard, Datacenter Yes Yes
Windows Server 2012 Standard, Datacenter Yes Yes
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, Datacenter No No
Windows 10 Home, Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise 2016 LTSB No No
Windows 8.1 Home, Professional, Enterprise No No
Windows 7 Home, Professional, Enterprise No No

* CPU hot plug does not work properly due to a Windows bug with a wrongly installed driver. To fix the issue, refer to this solution.

Linux

Distribution Version CPU hot plug support RAM hot plug support
CentOS 8.x, 7.x Yes Yes
6.x No No
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.x, 7.x Yes Yes
Debian 10.x, 9.x Yes Yes
Ubuntu 20.04.x, 18.04.x Yes Yes
16.04.x No No