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Nested Hyper-V support in Parallels Desktop Virtual Machines

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Parallels Desktop provides nested virtualization support (VT-X technology) that allows you to run Hyper-V virtual machines inside Windows 8, 10 and Windows Server 2012 virtual machines.

Note: Running a virtual machine within a virtual machine may slightly slow down the hosting virtual machine performance.

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NOTE: Bear in mind that the virtual machine must be shut down in order to enable Nested Virtualization support.

To enable Hyper-V support in Parallels Desktop Pro and Business Edition:

Go to the virtual machine configuration > Hardware > CPU&Memory. Expand "Advanced Settings" and tick Enable Nested Virtualization checkbox.

• Parallels Desktop 11 and above:

• Parallels Desktop 8, 9 and 10:

This option located in Options > Optimization

If you want to create or test applications for Windows Phone, first configure Windows to run Windows Phone emulator.

Warning: Do not use Hyper-V virtual machines in a production environment. Microsoft® doesn't support nesting Hyper-V, and so such virtual machines may be unstable.