What is the distinction between Hyper-V, the Virtual Machine Platform
What is the distinction between Hyper-V, the Virtual Machine Platform - Bayar Hutang
What is the distinction between Hyper-V, the Virtual Machine Platform, and the Windows Hypervisor Platform?
If you open Windows features (Turn Windows features on or off) in Windows 10 or Windows 11, you may find these three sections (Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform, and Windows Hypervisor Platform), so what are these three things, given that these options are optional for us to install and use in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Okay, let's talk about it briefly. According to the Official Microsoft page, Hyper-V is a component that adds management tools and platforms that will function to create and run Virtual Machines in Windows 10 and Windows 11. It can be said that you can create virtual machines without having to download third-party applications such as VirtualBox and VMware, and the installation steps themselves are very simple, as you can see on the following WinPoin page: Installing Hyper-V on Windows 11.
If this component is enabled for the Windows Hypervisor Platform, it will enable a user-mode API component that will allow third-party virtualization app stacks such as VirtualBox, QEMU, and Docker to connect and interact directly with Hyper-V.
While this Virtual Machine Platform is a component that enables Virtualization support for running Virtual Machines, we know that it is critical for the Windows 11 system to run the Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Subsystem for Android.
These three things, of course, are available and optionally installable through Windows Features, all of which are currently disabled.
The three parts have nearly the same name, but they each have their own functions and roles, and all three will make the Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems more powerful if the user truly optimizes these features.
So, now that you've seen the differences between Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform, and Windows Hypervisor Platform, will you use one of them? or perhaps all of them? Comment down below, gentlemen.