Hyper-V Underpins Significant Windows 10 Features

• Hyper-V is Microsoft’s hardware virtualization technology that was initially a component of Windows Server but is also a component of the Windows client OS.
• Features of the Windows client OS that provide improved security and assist developers increasingly depend on Hyper-V technology.
• Consequently, organizations may need to ensure the Windows 10 devices they purchase and deploy have the necessary hardware to run Hyper-V.

Organizations deploying Windows 10 need to understand that some Windows client OS features have a dependency on Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization technology. This dependency creates another dependency—devices being deployed for Windows 10 must have hardware capable of running Hyper-V.

Security Features with Hyper-V Dependencies

Hyper-V virtualization allows the Windows OSs to host VMs, and it can also be used to isolate operations from the host Windows OS to improve security. Windows 10 security-related features that have a dependency on Hyper-V include Defender Application and System Guard, and the Windows Sandbox.