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Ubuntu is a Linux distribution based on Debian and composed mostly of free and open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in three editions: Desktop, Server, and Core for Internet of things devices and robots. All the editions can run on the computer alone, or in a virtual machine.’
Ubuntu is released every six months, with long-term support (LTS) releases every two years. As of 21 April 2022, the most recent long-term support release is 22.04 (“Jammy Jellyfish”).
Configuring Ubuntu Virtual Machines on Windows 11 Hyper-V is very easy and quick. The Hyper-V offers Virtual Machine Gallery from where we can download the VM.
This requires a good internet connection as the VM size is approx. 2.4-2/5GB.
Step 1: Invoke Hyper-V Manager
Login to Windows 11 as Administrator user.
A normal user cannot see ‘administrative tools’ menu. You need to search for the ‘Hyper-V Manager’ MMC Snippet and “Run As Administrator” by right clicking it.
You will see the Hyper-V Manager as below.
Step 2: Select Hyper V Node & Click “Quick Create”
On the left hand side Tree Pane, select the Hyper V Node. Right Click
Step 3: Virtual Machine Gallery Dialog will be opened
Select the “Ubuntu 22.04TLS” from the List.
Here, you can click on “More Options” to choose Virtual Machine Settings and the Name of the “Virtual Machine”. You can change the settings later also.
Click “Create Virtual Machine” will create a Virtual Machine and Download the Image from Ubuntu.
If you have a good internet connection this will be quicker.
Step 4: The Virtual Machine is ready
You will see the below dialog
Step 5: Some important points – weird observations
The Newly Created Virtual Machine from Gallery – the Wizard does not offer us to choose no of Processors and “By-Default” assigns HALF of the Cores on your node.
Select Virtual Machine, and Right Click Settings: and review all hardware configuration.
I had 20 cores to my PC and hence the QuickCreate assigned 10 Core to the new VM. You may want to change that.
Step 6: Review Boot Sequence once
Ensure that the HDD is selected as first Boot Sequence
Step 7: Start & Connect the Virtual Machine
Follow the On-Screen Process to setup Ubuntu.
Configure your PC Name and Root User Password
Note- Keep the Network Switch as – Default Network Switch so that the newly created Virtual Machine has access to Internet and you can download and install tools like IFCONFIG as NETTOOLS are not included by-default.
You can open “Terminal” and Run following command
sudo apt-get install -y net-tools
Windows 11 is the latest major release of Microsoft‘s Windows NT operating system, released in October 2021. It is a free upgrade to its predecessor, Windows 10 (2015), available for any Windows 10 devices that meet the new Windows 11 system requirements.
The basic system requirements of Windows 11 differ significantly from Windows 10. Windows 11 only supports 64-bit systems such as those using an x86-64 or ARM64 processor; IA-32 processors are no longer supported.
Step 1: Invoke Hyper-V Manager
Login to Windows 11 as Administrator user.
A normal user cannot see the ‘administrative tools’ menu. You need to search for the ‘Hyper-V Manager’ MMC Snippet and “Run As Administrator” by right clicking it.
Step 2: Select Hyper V Node, Click “New”, then click on “Virtual Machine”
Once you select virtual machine the “new virtual machine wizard” would open up like so.
Click on next and then name your virtual machine.
Generation 1 Virtual Machines support both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
However Windows 11 supports only 64-bit systems, so we would choose Generation 2.
Note : The generation of the virtual machine cannot be changed later on.
The default initial assigned startup memory would be 1024 MB, change that to 4096 MB, and click on next.
By default the network adapter is set to ‘not connected’; change the setting to ‘Default Switch’.
Here we have the option of connecting a virtual hard disk. If you have a pre-existing virtual hard disc you can choose the second option and specify its location. If you do not have a pre-existing virtual hard disc you can create a virtual hard disc. Simply specify its name, location and size.
Select ‘Install an operating system from a bootable image file‘ and select the path of the image copy of windows 11 which you might already have installed on your computer.
Click on finish to complete the VM setup.
Step 3: Changing the Settings of our Virtual Machine
Now right-click the virtual machine and click on settings. By default only 1 virtual processor is allocated for the virtual machine. You may increase it to whatever suits your needs. My PC has 20 virtual processors, so I allocated 4 to this VM.
Click on Apply; then in the menu on the left side click on Security. In the Encryption Support check the first checkbox.
If this step is skipped, windows cannot be installed on your VM. You will get an error like this.
Step 4: Windows 11 setup on Virtual Machine
Right-click the VM and click on connect, as shown below.
Once you click on connect, you will need to start your VM.
Based on your preferences select the options and click next.
Click on Install Now to install Windows 11.
Enter your own Product Key and click on Next or skip this step entirely by clicking on I don’t have a product key.
Tick the checkbox and click Next.
Once you click Next you will have 2 choices for the installation. One of them would be default and the other would be custom. Select custom for more control over the installation process.
Click Next.
Once the installation is complete, your virtual machine will restart. After restarting the windows 11 setup begins.
Step 5: Setting up Windows 11
Select your country and click yes.
Select the keyboard layout/preferred input method.
Add a second keyboard layout if you want to, or you can skip this step entirely by clicking skip.
Name your device. You don’t need the same name for this and the virtual machine, I just did it for the sake of convenience.
Choose the preferred option and proceed.
Add your Microsoft account by signing in.
After signing in to your Microsoft account, you will get the option to restore the files backed up over Onedrive, settings & preferences and your apps which you had on a previous device with your Microsoft account set up. Click on view more options.
I selected the Set up as new device option, but you can choose other available options also.
Set up a pin for this machine.
Choose the privacy settings. I unchecked all of them, but you can uncheck as many or as little as you like.
Here Windows allows you to backup the files on this virtual machine using OneDrive so that you can access them from other devices also. If you do not want to back up the files you can click Only save files to this PC.
It will take a few minutes to get everything ready.
Once windows 11 loads you can choose the size of the desktop by dragging the slider.
And there you have it we have successfully, created a virtual machine on Hyper-V with Windows 11 on it!
