Virtual Machine Limits – Microsoft Windows
| VM & Host Limits | 2008 R2 | 2012 & R2 | 2016 |
| Virtual Processors per VM | 4 | 64 | 64 |
| Memory per VM | 64 GB | 1 TB | 1 TB |
| Maximum Virtual Disk | 2 TB | 64 TB | 64 TB |
| Virtual network adapters per VM | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Virtual IDE disks | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Virtual SCSI controllers | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Virtual SCSI disks | 64/Controller | 64/Controller | 64/Controller |
| Snapshots(Checkpoints) | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| Virtual Fibre Channel adapters | NA | 4 | 4 |
| Physical Memory per Host | 1 TB | 4 TB | 4 TB |
| Logical Processors Per Host | 64 | 320 | 320 |
| Virtual Processors per Host | 512 | 2048 | 2048 |
| Virtual Machines per Host | 384 | 1024/Host | 1024/Host |
| Virtual Machine in a Cluster | 1,000 | 8,000 | |
| Running virtual machines per server | 384 | 1024 | 1024 |
| Virtual processors per logical processor | 1:8 for Server’s | No ratio imposed by Hyper-V , Best is 1LP=1 VP | |
| Nodes in a Cluster | 16 | 64 | 64 |
| Running virtual machines per cluster and per node | 1,000 per cluster, with a maximum of 384 on any one node | 8,000 per cluster | 8,000 per cluster |
Supported Guest Operating Systems List
| Supported Guest operating systems – Hyper-V Server’s 2012, 2012 R2 & Windows 8 ,8.1 | |||
| Guest operating system |
Max # of virtual processors | Integration Services |
Notes |
| Windows Server 2012 R2 | 64 | Built-in | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1 |
| Windows Server 2012 | 64 | Built-in | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1 |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 | 64 | Upgrade the integration services | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1(Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions) |
| Windows Server 2008 R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP 1) | 64 | Install the integration services | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1(Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions) |
| Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2 (SP 2) | 8 | Install the integration services | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1(Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions) |
| Windows Server 2003 R2 with Service Pack 2 (SP2) | 2 | Install the integration services | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1(Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions) |
| Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 2 | 2 | Install the integration services | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1(Datacenter, Enterprise, Standard and Web editions) |
| Windows 8.1 | 32 | Built-in | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1 |
| Windows 8 | 32 | Built-in | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1 |
| Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 (SP 1) | 4 | Upgrade the integration services | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1(Ultimate, Enterprise, and Professional editions) |
| Windows 7 | 4 | Upgrade the integration services | Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 , Windows 8 & Windows 8.1(Ultimate, Enterprise, and Professional editions) |
| Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview | 64 | Built-in | Windows Server 2012 R2 & 8.1 |
| Windows 10 | 32 | Built-in | Windows Server 2012 R2 & 8.1 |
| RHEL/Cent O.S(5.x,6.x &7.x) | NA | NA | Refer latest notes – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn531026.aspx |
| Debian Virtual Machines(7.0-7.10,8.0-8.4) | NA | NA | Refer latest notes – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn614985.aspx |
| Oracle Linux Virtual Machines(RHCK6.4-7.2) | NA | NA | Refer latest notes -https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn609828.aspx |
| SUSE Virtual Machines(SUSE 11,12,Open SUSE) | NA | NA | Refer latest notes -https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn531027.aspx |
| Ubuntu Virtual Machines(12.04,14.04,15.10,16.04) | NA | NA | Refer latest notes -https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn531029.aspx |
| Free BSD Virtual Machines(8.4,9.1-9.3,10-10.3) | NA | NA | Refer latest notes -https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn848318.aspx |
