Windows 10: Upgraded windows 10 home to 10 pro, but no hyper-v available

I need to install docker in my laptop and for that I need windows 10 pro with hyper -v. i used to have windows 10 home , so i purchased windows 10 pro upgrade key and upgraded my laptop. After up gradation i could not find hyper-v in my system. i checked microsoft community and online resources but in vein. Can anybody help. i am chasing tail on call with MS support.

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Upgrade to Windows 10 Pro with Hyper V

Hi

I am currently running Windows 8.1 Pro 64bit with Hyper V enabled as I need the virtual machine for my work. I would like to upgrade to Windows 10 Pro 64bit and understand that Hyper V comes with 10 Pro which is great, but I am concerned that my current
settings will be lost duting the upgrade.

My question is.... can I upgrade without losing any of my existing Hyper V and VM settings?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

 

Windows 10 Hyper-V

If you currently run Windows 8.1 Pro, whether original install or upgrade, then a free Upgrade to Windows 10 will result in a Windows 10 Pro build with Hyper-V available again. There is a required download to fix a Hyper-V bug tho. Original VM builds will
be retained across windows upgrades.

Neil.

 

Hyper-v feature did not available in Window 10 Home ?

Hyper-V is only available in Pro or high SKUs of Windows 10. Then in order to use the hypervisor part of Hyper-V your computer has to have the following

• 64-bit Processor with Second Level Address Translation (SLAT).
• CPU support for VM Monitor Mode Extension (VT-c on Intel CPU's).
• Minimum of 4 GB memory.

Then you need to make sure that the following items are enabled in the system BIOS:

• Virtualization Technology - may have a different label depending on motherboard manufacturer.
• Hardware Enforced Data Execution Prevention.

As for Windows 10 Home is it impossible to install or use Hyper-V. Thus Docker containers can't be created with that SKU.