
However, the most convenient way is through the Settings app. There are multiple ways you can access the BIOS settings on your computer. But if your PC came preinstalled with Windows 11, it will already have virtualization enabled. Note: If you upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11 on your PC, you can use these steps to enable virtualization. For your ease of convenience, we have listed the steps to enable it as well. However, in order to use Virtual Machine Platform to install other subsystems, you will also need to make sure you have Virtualization enabled in BIOS on your Windows PC. You can easily enable Virtual Machine Platform on your Windows 11 PC from the Control Panel. It can also be used to create MSIX app packages for an App-V or MSI. For example, a Virtual Machine Platform is required for running WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) or Android on your PC. Now you need to configure the VM options for installing guest Windows 11.Virtual Machine Platform helps you load multiple operating systems on your PC. In the next step, check the option to install the OS later.Specify the size of a VHDX disk for a Windows 11 VM (it is recommended to use at least a 64 GB disk, but 30GB is enough or a minimum VM).Connect the VM to a Hyper-V virtual switch having Internet access (optional).

Specify the RAM size for the VM (at least 4 GB, otherwise an error appears that the device doesn’t meet minimum system requirements to install Windows 11).Select Generation 2 virtual machine (Generation 2 virtual hardware supports UEFI, Secure Boot, and a virtual TPM).Open Hyper-V Manager and click Create -> New Virtual Machine.You can create a Windows 11 virtual machine from the Hyper-V Manager graphical console or with PowerShell.

You can install Hyper-V both on a desktop Windows 10 edition, on a host running Windows Server, or free Microsoft Hyper-V Server.

The Hyper-V role must be installed on your computer.

