Hyper-V supported Linux and FreeBSD guests

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Observed content change

1 removed passage (about 30 words). The changed wording mentions dates and deadlines. Review the source to confirm the effect.

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Date or deadline wording

RemovedSupported Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines for Hyper-V on Windows Server and Windows

~~[removed: Applies to: ✅ Windows Server 2025, ✅ Windows Server 2022, ✅ Windows Server 2019, ✅ Windows Server 2016, ✅ Windows 11, ✅ Windows 10, ✅ Azure Local 2311.2 and later]~~

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Sections to inspect

Supported Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines for Hyper-V on Windows Server and Windows

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Why this was flagged

The changed words, with a few words around them, matched these rule categories: dates and deadlines. These matches identify subjects to assess; they do not establish a policy change or applicability.

Observation details · observed 13 Oct 00:39 UTC

Observed by ChangeIntel: 13 Oct 00:39 UTC
Source update metadata: 16 Feb 18:34 UTC
First observed on this installation: 8 Oct 23:45 UTC
Last successful check: today 01:38 UTC
Next check due: 27 Oct 01:38 UTC

Observation time is not publication time, and a comparison does not establish an effective date. Full source bodies are not published; this page holds generated summaries, section headings and, as the page's license allows, Microsoft's changed wording. A documentation edit does not confirm feature availability in an environment.

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Timeline

From the capture of 13 Oct 00:39 UTC · an earlier observation

1 undated section
2 with conditions
6 recorded changes

Requirements, exceptions and scope

GuidanceRequirementException2 conditions3 passages

Extracted automatically from Microsoft's wording. Confirm dates, conditions and whether they apply to you in the source before acting; a month or quarter is a window, not a day.

How this timeline changed

Changes between ChangeIntel's readings of the page, between commits of its source file where Microsoft publishes it, in Internet Archive copies of pages that keep no other history, and entries from Microsoft's own change log (dated as Microsoft dates them). Edits between readings that neither records are unknown.

9 Nov 2021
Requirement added Supported Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines for Hyper-V on Windows Server and Windows Microsoft's source, commit a5d4c35
9 Nov 2021
No longer on the page Supported Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines for Hyper-V on Windows Microsoft's source, commit a5d4c35
9 Nov 2021
Requirement added Supported Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines for Hyper-V on Windows Server and Windows Microsoft's source, commit a5d4c35
9 Nov 2021
Requirement added Supported Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines for Hyper-V on Windows Server and Windows Microsoft's source, commit a5d4c35
9 Nov 2021
No longer on the page Supported Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines for Hyper-V on Windows Microsoft's source, commit a5d4c35
9 Nov 2021
No longer on the page Supported Linux and FreeBSD virtual machines for Hyper-V on Windows Microsoft's source, commit a5d4c35

Observed history and review priority

Captured 13 Oct 00:39 UTC; extracted 22 Oct 18:57 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/d9863eb412f92fa5ec3a8ca32e2dd7cfe8095530f456ecb1866608d1166a435d.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 14

Compact evidence remains available after full document bodies expire. Earlier extractions can have different vocabulary or capture limitations.

24 Oct 01:28 UTC · 4 candidates
13 Oct 00:39 UTC · 4 candidates
8 Oct 23:45 UTC · 5 candidates
19 Jun 2025 21:59 UTC · 4 candidates
1 Nov 2024 22:14 UTC · 4 candidates
25 Oct 2024 17:01 UTC · 4 candidates
25 Oct 2024 12:48 UTC · 4 candidates
13 Aug 2024 20:55 UTC · 4 candidates
27 Sep 2023 10:00 UTC · 4 candidates
10 Aug 2022 10:28 UTC · 4 candidates
17 Feb 2022 13:18 UTC · 4 candidates
9 Nov 2021 14:24 UTC · 4 candidates
27 Jul 2021 15:51 UTC · 4 candidates
9 Dec 2020 20:01 UTC · 4 candidates

Microsoft's edits

History on GitHub

Commits to the page's source in MicrosoftDocs/windowsserverdocs, with Microsoft's own messages. Commit dates can be hours or days before Learn publishes the change. ChangeIntel keeps a copy of each diff, so an edit stays readable here if GitHub stops serving it. Read today 00:51 UTC.

16 Feb 16:23 UTC Updating ms.authors part 4 Metadata onlyServed on LearnView diff
19 Jun 2025 21:59 UTC Edit pass: Supported operating systems View diff
1 Nov 2024 22:14 UTC Fixing merge conflict View diff
25 Oct 2024 17:01 UTC Bulk update to remove preview suffix View diff
25 Oct 2024 12:48 UTC Removing local applies to virtualization View diff
13 Aug 2024 20:55 UTC review of virtualization content View diff
27 Sep 2023 10:00 UTC Addressed inconsistency issues View diff
10 Aug 2022 10:28 UTC Updated Evaluation Center links View diff
17 Feb 2022 13:18 UTC Removed remaining Uservoice links View diff
9 Nov 2021 14:24 UTC Updated for Windows Server 2022 and Windows 11 View diff
27 Jul 2021 15:51 UTC Added Applies to for Windows Server 2022 and 2019 (where missing) View diff
9 Dec 2020 20:01 UTC added hci os to applies to section View diff

8 metadata-only edits · author, dates or topic labels, no article text

22 Sep 2025 10:09 UTC Remove manager and ms.assetid from YAML metadata in WindowsServerDocs/virtualization Metadata onlyView diff
19 Jun 2025 23:23 UTC edit pass Metadata onlyView diff
1 May 2025 15:58 UTC [Scoped] Bulk update author metadata Metadata onlyView diff
24 Mar 2025 14:16 UTC Updated ms.author values Metadata onlyView diff
16 Jan 2025 21:23 UTC bulk change author Metadata onlyView diff
17 Oct 2024 08:27 UTC Replace the non-skilling ms.authors Metadata onlyView diff
1 May 2024 20:22 UTC Bulk update of old author Metadata onlyView diff
30 Dec 2020 00:40 UTC 1800781, fixed duplicate descriptions. Metadata onlyView diff

Retained observations

24 Oct 01:28 UTC
Source metadata changed; retained article content is unchanged.
13 Oct 00:39 UTC · shown above
8 Oct 23:45 UTC
Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

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