Good news: It's not complicated. After Hyper-V is successfully set up, you have the capability to create your own virtual machines, without the hassle of physical hardware and cables.

To initiate this action from within Hyper-v Manager on Windows 8.1 or Windows Server 2012 R2, use these steps: Open Hyper-V Manager. Find the running virtual machine that you want to clone.

The Hyper-V virtual machine, which runs on Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise as well as current Windows Server editions, is the smallest of the bunch at 18.3 GB.