The Death of HyperV

HyperV is going away .

[TitusTechTalk]

This was taken a bit out of context from a livestream a couple points to add:
Hyperv Server 2019 Free is the last standalone version being offered (Support to 2029)
HyperV role can still be added in Server 2022
Some of CPU Scheduling changes in Windows 11 make putting it on workstation boxes a bit worse
It's not dead, but there is a BIG push to get it off on-prem and to leverage the use of hybrid setups using Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
A bit more to elaborate on than a 2 minute video, but will give people a good place to understand the context surrounding this clip.

[milohoffman]

Isn't Windows Subsystem for Linux and Windows Subsystem for Android now dependent on Hyper-V? Hard to get rid of it then.

[it-lehrling]

In Europe, many companies are migrating to HyperV since VMware...

[gregandcin]

Microsoft uses HyperV as the hypervisor for the Xbox OS and parts of Windows internally, IIRC. It might move to just an internal tool instead of a user available hypervisor

[ahumeniy]

Shame because Hyper-V is the only way I know you can emulate Windows with 3D acceleration without having to buy an enterprise-grade graphics card and Windows VMs runs great out of the box

[CDAWWGG]

Hyper V still seems like it's being used a lot in Gov, EDU, Non-Profit, and in the MSP space. It's easy to install a windows server on a client site, stand up a domain controller VM and a few other VMs. Snapshots are a life saver. Like you said, the license is paid for just flip on the feature. Sometimes even an extra $700-$900 to dip your toe into vsphere is just out of the realm of what the budget is allocated for.

[cheebadigga]

HyperV will never be deprecated. It's supported all the way through 2029 as some other people here have already said.

[shanent]

Hyper-V 2019 is supported until 2029, so how do you figure 2025 and what is Azure going to use instead?

[LautaroQ]

I used HyperV recently, not knowing anything about VMs to install Linux and get back on it to relearn it. Thought it was simple enough and it worked well enough for me. What's a good alternative you would recommend (free)? I have AMD both CPU and GPU if that matters at all.

[PaulMason]

I think WSL2 uses Hyper-V under the covers. But you're right you don't see much emphasis on Hyper-V as an end-user VM solution

[esra_erimez]

This video is ironic. My firm just switched from VMWare to Hyper-V and Citrix to Terminal server. The licensing is easier and less expensive. According to our sysadmins it is easier to maintain. As a software developer, I don't use Windows so this doesn't impact me but I don't see a future for VMWare after the licensing changes they made to ESXi recently

[amosgiture]

Windows server 2022 includes Hyper-V and may be supported well beyond 2030. Hyper-V is also a key component of Azure Stack HCI. Hyper-v is here to stay.

[gwgux]

It'll probably become one of those old buried features in Windows like software RAID where people will use it for learning/lab but not really something you should be doing on Windows. One of those, "yeah, Windows can do that, but you really shouldn't use it for anything important" features. Either that, or they'll just strip it down and rebuild what they want specifically for WSL3 (or what ever new name they want) for running Linux on Windows.

[havarhen]

I really wonder what Azure runs on? I doubt it's Hyper-V or Windows for that matter.

[NoobiteArchive]

Using Hyper-V on windows is kinda a take it and give away in the same time.

Android emulators like ldplayer and bluestacks stop working when I use hyper-v.

Also linux in vmware become alot slower when hyperv is on.

The only thing hyperv allows me to do is WSL

Overall hyperv is prob only for better security

[LucidEnemy]

Hyper V is actually really useful in data recovery, got a software license buried in a dead machine? Boot it in hyper V on another machine give it a network and you can deactivate the seat as well and access network resources to offload whatever and all that in less then 10 minutes

[iantunes]

VMWare license fee is going WAY up. My Org is planning for Hyper-V going forward, and moving scheduling the move of existing VMs from now to the end of our VMWare license.

[Imevul]

I recently (like a month ago?) tried many different VM solutions on Windows because I was checking out NixOS, and only HyperV and VirtualBox had decent performance with no big problems. VMWare was just a slow crawl and I had issues with input lag. And yes, the VMWare license cost is a downside if/when I ever want to use it at work. That's a big part why I was happy that HyperV worked good enough.

[vuduvudu]

Proxmox and or KVM and or QEMU on ZFS is the way for professionals providing virtualisation for clients.

[MrHC]

Hyper-V is used alot. Windows you spool up a DC in one, TS in boom business running. Very easy to move, recover from and get running again can fresh install anything bootup the hyper-v and away you go again. Much easier to work with then the majority of competing products.